Download or read book Moonlight on the Mississippi written by Nancy L. Purington and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy Purington was born in Scott County, Iowa, where the Mississippi river meets the Wapsipinicon and the channel shifts from north/south to east/west before resuming its meandering course to the gulf. The resulting latitudinal platform expands the radiance of sun and moonlight above myriad reflections and patterns of change. Lock and Dam No. 15, the world's largest roller dam, resists the forces of nature competing to rule the way of water. Opposing wills and alluvial harmonies are illuminated in plane geometry and fluid atmospheres. Purington's aesthetic sensibilities combine medieval perspective and modern art intention with traditional and experimental methods. Indigo, lapis, cobalt, cadmium, gold, silver, palladium, sticks, stones, shells, pearls, and digital photographs express the transformational nature of the Mississippi River experience. When Purington puts color and form to paper, using oil, watercolor, pastel, gouache, and gold leaf to render the countless shapes and shades of a wave ebbing and swelling in the Mississippi, she brings the macrocosm of the river into focus. She helps us to see the endless beauty of the river and to contemplate the mystery of a moment, encouraging us to live, to look closer, again and again. -Jane Milosch, Director, Provenance Research Initiative, Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C.; former chief curator, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian America Art Museum As an artist, Nancy Purington's very being is centered on the need to create and make order out the emotions engendered by her passion for the beauty of the natural world. Sky, clouds, water, rocks, shells - objects and images gathered, rendered both elemental and elegant. I have always been impressed with Nancy's integrity as an artist. She does not rely on formula, instead relentlessly exploring an idea until it reaches its natural conclusion, sometimes revisiting a work over a period of years. Moonlight on the Mississippi is the culmination of thousands of hours of living by, observing, remembering, dreaming, and otherwise being inspired by the Mississippi River. If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere. --Vincent van Gogh -Barbara Christensen Kamp, Director (1989-2012), Muscatine Art Center Moonlight on the Mississippi features over 140 pieces of Nancy Purington's artwork on 125 pages.
Download or read book Moonlight on the Mississippi written by Stephenia H. McGee and published by By The Vine Press. This book was released on 2024-06-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lost treasure, a mysterious disappearance, and a deadly family secret—but winning her heart might be the real challenge. Steamboat Captain Camilla Lockhart discovers a handsome stranger on board with an offer he claims she can't refuse. If he thinks she will get involved in another hopeless treasure quest, he's lost his sunbaked mind. Not after what happened to her father. But with her boat falling apart and her crew about to starve, Mr. Gray's unusual proposal might be her only hope. Daniel Gray inherited a host of problems, including a clue that could unlock old family secrets and a treasure that’s long since faded to lore. His father left him with only one name—Lockhart. But when he hires the striking, yet unconventional, steamboat captain to help him navigate the treacherous waters of the Mississippi River, he never expects his heart to get tangled in the currents. With a criminal operation’s net tightening around them, the two must battle against time to uncover a lost family treasure and solve a mysterious disappearance before the men hunting them from the shadows discover the dangerous truth. From an award-winning author of bestselling historical fiction comes a thrilling series of River Romances. The roaring twenties come alive in this captivating romantic adventure filled with love, deception, and high-stakes discovery. If you enjoy clean historical romance with elements of faith, you'll be sure to love this thrilling river journey.
Download or read book Mississippi Moonlight written by Angela Devine and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book MISSISSIPPI MOONLIGHT written by Angela Devine and published by Harlequin / SB Creative. This book was released on 2017-03-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holly is managing her sister’s restaurant while she’s in the hospital, and in order to prepare for a banquet, she’s visiting the home of the most prominent family in town, the Madigans. In addition to preparing the food, Holly also finds herself wide-eyed with surprise when she sees a refined Simon entertaining his guests. Can he really be the same arrogant man who was scowling and shouting at her just a few hours earlier? In his black dinner suit, he’s extremely distinguished and incredibly gorgeous. Despite his earlier behavior, Holly suddenly feels her heart begin to beat wildly!
Download or read book Stobart written by John Stobart and published by E P Dutton. This book was released on 1985-11-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty of the celebrated marine artist's paintings capture the rich heritage of the golden era of commercial sailing and the ships, steamboats, whalers, and colorful ports of nineteenth-century America
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Download or read book Reinventing Dixie written by John Bush Jones and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2015-03-16 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tin Pan Alley, once New York City’s songwriting and recording mecca, issued more than a thousand songs about the American South in the first half of the twentieth century. In Reinventing Dixie, John Bush Jones explores the broad impact of these songs in creating and disseminating the imaginary view of the South as a land of southern belles, gallant gentlemen, and racial harmony. In profiles of Tin Pan Alley’s lyricists and composers, Jones explains how a group of undereducated and untraveled writers—the vast majority of whom were urban northerners or European immigrants— constructed the specific and detailed images of the South used in their song lyrics. In the process of evaluating the origins of Tin Pan Alley’s songbook, Jones analyzes these songwriters’ attitudes about North-South reconciliation, ideals of honor and hospitality, and the recurring theme of the yearning for home. Though a few of the songs employed parody or satire to undercut the vision of a peaceful, romantic South, the majority ignored the realities of racism and poverty in the region. By the end of Tin Pan Alley’s era of cultural prominence in the mid-twentieth century, Jones contends that the work of its writers had cemented the “moonlight and magnolias” myth in the minds of millions of Americans. Reinventing Dixie sheds light on the role of songwriters in forming an idyllic vision of the South that continues to influence the American imagination.
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Download or read book Report and Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin for the Years written by State Historical Society of Wisconsin and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Alton written by Cheryl Eichar Jett and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The river bend near the confluence of three great rivers--the Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois--was founded by Rufus Easton between 1814 and 1818 for land development and a ferry service between Illinois and St. Louis. Named for one of Easton's sons, Alton developed into a bustling river town. In 1837, Alton's economy was hurt by financial panic and its reputation blotted by the murder of abolitionist newspaper publisher Elijah Lovejoy. But by the 1850s, Alton had caught "railroad fever," which, along with plentiful natural resources, fueled its growth as a manufacturing city. Fortunes were made, and by the 20th century, Alton boasted fine churches, schools, and millionaires' mansions. On the other end of the social scale lived the workers in their neighborhoods. The river, the railroad, and the diverse people they brought to the river bend shaped Alton's history and culture.
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Download or read book The Juke Joint King of the Mississippi Hills The Raucous Reign of Tillman Branch written by Janice Branch Tracy and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the swamps and juke joints of Holmes County, Mississippi, Edward Tillman Branch built his empire. Tillman's clubs were legendary. Moonshine flowed as patrons enjoyed craps games and well-known blues acts. Across from his Goodman establishment, prostitutes in a trysting trailer entertained men, including the married Tillman himself. A threat to law enforcement and anyone who crossed his path, Branch rose from modest beginnings to become the ruler of a treacherous kingdom in the hills that became his own end. Author Janice Branch Tracy reveals the man behind the story and the path that led him to become what Honeyboy Edwards referred to in his autobiography as the "baddest white man in Mississippi."
