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The Freedom Quilting Bee

The Freedom Quilting Bee Hardcover - 1987

by CALLAHAN, Nancy

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Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 255, [2]pp. Illustrated. Tiny ink spot on bottom page edge, else fine in fine dustwrapper. Inspiring story of poor black women from Alabama who came together to both support themselves and civil rights work by making and selling the remarkable quilts that they produced.
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  • Title The Freedom Quilting Bee
  • Author CALLAHAN, Nancy
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition FIRST EDITION
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
  • Date 1987
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 542764
  • ISBN 9780817303105 / 0817303103
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.91 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.31 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 86004369
  • Dewey Decimal Code 746.460

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About the author

Nancy Callahan (1946-2020) was a journalist, cultural historian, and mental health counselor living in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She is the author of Hurricane Creek: Personal Accounts and Collected Lore.

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