THE LITERATURE OF BEGUILEMENT - Promoting America From Columbus to Today
by Elder, Jane Lenz
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
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Blanco, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Dallas: DeGolyer Library, SMU, 1992. First Edition. Wraps. FINE. 72pp., errata, illustrated with 26 full page plates including one full color panoramic fold-out, bibliography. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor, illustrations printed by David Holman at Wind River Press, the cover by Suzanne Moore.
An exhibition in observation of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's encounter with the New World. Excellent historical context by Elder on each book in the catalogue. Part One: Introducing the Americas (1492-1542); Part Two: Arm-Chair Explorers and New World Sojourners (1511-1639); Part Three: Miracles, Myths, and Menaces: the Spanish Colonial Era (1542-1821); Part Four: Exploration and Immigration: Anglo-Americans Discover the Borderlands (1800-1925); Part Five: "Sanitizing" Hispanic America for Fun and Profit (1875-1992).
An exhibition in observation of the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's encounter with the New World. Excellent historical context by Elder on each book in the catalogue. Part One: Introducing the Americas (1492-1542); Part Two: Arm-Chair Explorers and New World Sojourners (1511-1639); Part Three: Miracles, Myths, and Menaces: the Spanish Colonial Era (1542-1821); Part Four: Exploration and Immigration: Anglo-Americans Discover the Borderlands (1800-1925); Part Five: "Sanitizing" Hispanic America for Fun and Profit (1875-1992).
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- Bookseller
- Maggie Lambeth (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16062
- Title
- THE LITERATURE OF BEGUILEMENT - Promoting America From Columbus to Today
- Author
- Elder, Jane Lenz
- Format/Binding
- Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- DeGolyer Library, SMU
- Place of Publication
- Dallas
- Date Published
- 1992
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Maggie Lambeth
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Blanco, Texas
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