
Was This Heaven?
Self-portrait of Iowa on Early Postcards
Lyell D. Henry(Author)
University of Iowa Press
Published on 1. October 1995
Book
Hardback
264 pages
978-0-87745-520-2 (ISBN)
Description
Was This Heaven? provides detailed depictions of homes and clothing and hairstyles, of celebrations and ceremonies, of church, school, and social activities, of farm animals and city streets, of the multitudinous ways of living full and satisfying lives. Lyell Henry wisely gives priority to people over place, shortchanging public buildings in favor of cards that cast a more direct light on early Iowans' lives and minds. Last spring's flood, the Christmas tree in the parlor, high school graduation, the annual family picnic, the whistle-stop visit of President Taft, and true-life encounters with gigantic hogs and outsize ears of corn all combine to form a pleasantly rich visual record of the mental and physical worlds of the many Iowans featured. These postcards convey images of people who found great joy in their daily lives. With the publication of Was This Heaven? Iowans at the end of the twentieth century can look back across the decades and recapture that same joy in these fresh and effervescent images.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
630 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87745-520-2 (9780877455202)
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