| A Barren Landscape: In Search of an American Culture 1811 - 1861; A Memoir of Eliza Rupp Contributor(s): Priest, Geraldine Smith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0984304959 ISBN-13: 9780984304950 Publisher: Josara Media OUR PRICE: $34.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: America in the early 1800s was a cultural blank canvas, a barren landscape awaiting texture in the form of learning, literature and the arts. Geraldine Priest creates this fictional historical memoir of Eliza Rupp, the embodiment of the many Americans striving to fill that void. The story of Eliza's family and her study of piano are interwoven with those of the leading literati, artists and educators of the day. Like so many of them, she journeys to Europe to further her studies and make her own cultural contribution to America's Barren Landscape. |