Arkansas Made: Furniture, quilts, silver, pottery, firearms
Arkansas Made: Furniture, quilts, silver, pottery, firearms

Author: Swannee Bennett

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781557281388

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A photographic record of Arkansas's rich material heritage. This first volume covers the introduction and establishment of such artisan traditions as furniture making and silversmithing, notes the materials and special techniques used by potters, gunsmiths, and jewelers, and illustrates the delicate craftsmanship with about 400 photographs. The sec

Calling the Wild
Calling the Wild

Author: Mike Lewis

Publisher: Susan Schadt Press LLC

Published: 2017-10-11

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780997355932

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Few possessions are as highly prized by duck hunters as their favorite calls. Enabling the hunter to attract waterfowl by mimicking their sounds, the skillfully crafted and highly individualized calls are revered for the craftsmanship and rich history associated with this uniquely American art form. In this book, avid Arkansas duck call collector Mike Lewis chronicles the history of Arkansas duck call making and captures the spirit of over fifty renowned call makers. He recounts how Arkansas artisans dominated the early market and continued to influence the design and refinement of the modern duck call through the vivid combination of images and stories. He traces the evolution of call design from 1890 to 2017, featuring the work of call makers whose contributions of handcrafted duck calls are highly regarded as among the most prized in the world. Lewis includes over three hundred call makers and over seven hundred photographs that facilitate identification of the calls.

Encyclopedia of Arkansas
Encyclopedia of Arkansas

Author: Nancy Capace

Publisher: Somerset Publishers, Inc.

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 0403098505

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The Encyclopedia of Arkansas contains detailed information on States: Symbols and Designations, Geography, Archaeology, State History, Local History on individual cities, towns and counties, Chronology of Historic Events in the State, Profiles of Governors, Political Directory, State Constitution, Bibliography of books about the state and an Index.

Arkansas, Forgotten Land of Plenty
Arkansas, Forgotten Land of Plenty

Author: Ronald R. Switzer

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2019-10-24

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1476677018

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In the first decades of the 1800s, white Americans entered the rugged lands of Arkansas, which they had little explored before. They established new towns and developed commercial enterprises alongside Native Americans indigenous to Arkansas and other tribes and nations that had relocated there from the East. This history is also the story of Arkansas's people, and is told through numerous biographies, highlighting early life in frontier Arkansas over a period of 200 years. The book provides a categorical look at commerce and portrays the social diversity represented by both prominent and common Arkansans--all grappling for success against extraordinary circumstances.

Arkansas
Arkansas

Author: Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Arkansas

Publisher:

Published: 1941

Total Pages: 564

ISBN-13:

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