With Paintbrush and Shovel
Preserving Virginia's Wildflowers
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Author
Contributions
- Bessie Niemeyer Marshall (Illustrator) - Contributor
- Donna M. E. Ware (Contributor) - Contributor
Publication
2000-11-01 - University of Virginia Press
Language
English
Word Count
70,000 words, Guess
Page Count
280 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewithpaintbrushsh0000kobe
- ISBN-10081391969X
- ISBN-139780813919690
- Library of Congress Control Number99089912
- OCLC Control Number43245969
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780813919690
- Open LibraryOL11351888M
Classifications
- LCCQK98.K577 2000
- LCCQK98 .K577 2000
Description
"With Paintbrush and Shovel showcases the botanical watercolors of Bessie Niemeyer Marshall, a gifted Virginia artist who received scant recognition during her lifetime. Reproduced for the first time in this volume, Marshall's beautiful paintings are the primary surviving record of a unique WPA project that put women to work creating a wildflower sanctuary in Petersburg, Virginia, during the 1930s."--Jacket.
First Sentence
In early December 1935, thirty-three womentwenty-six black and seven whitebegan clearing out dead branches and piling up compost along the wooded hills and steep ravines of a large city park in Petersburg, Virginia.
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