General Information

Author/Creator

Tobin, Jacqueline, 1950-

Language

English.

Published

New York, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1999.

Physical Description

x, 208 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 25 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Dobard, Raymond G.

Subjects

Subject

Underground Railroad.

Fugitive slaves > United States > Communication > History > 19th century.

African American quilts > Social aspects > History > 19th century.

Ciphers > History > 19th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Jacqueline L. Tobin and Raymond G. Dobard.

Content

Foreword. The Heritage of an Oral Tradition: The Transmission of Secrets in African American Culture by Cuesta Benberry -- Foreword. The Importance of the Decorative Arts in African American History by Floyd Coleman -- Foreword. Secret African Signs Encoded in African American Quilts by Maude Southwell Wahlman -- Author's Note. "Write This Down" by Jacqueline Tobin -- Author's Note. Stitching Ideas into Patterns: Methodology in the Writing of Hidden in Plain View by Raymond C. Dobard -- 1. The Fabric of Heritage: Africa and African American Quiltmaking -- 2. The Underground Railroad -- 3. "There Are Five Square Knots . ." -- 4. "The Monkey Wrench Turns the Wagon Wheel." -- 5. "Once They Got to the Crossroads." -- 6. "Flying Geese Stay on the Drunkard's Path." -- 7. Steal Away -- 8. African American Quilts: Styles and Traditions -- Epilogue by Jacquline Tobin -- Afterword. While on th Journey to Canaan: Survival Secrets by Raymond G. Dobard and Jacquline L. Tobin.

ISBN

0385491379

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	973.7/115 TOB		General Stacks	Donation of School of Public Policy.

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