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Franklin Roosevelt's Postage Stamp Quilt: The Story of Estella Weaver Nukes' Presidential Gift

Book Description
A Saturday morning search of African American newspapers from the 1930s uncovered a startling headline: "President Roosevelt Gets Present of Novel Quilt Designed By Indiana Woman."

Who was this Hoosier quiltmaker? What inspired her to gift the President of the United States with a quilt? What was so "novel" about the bedcovering that Black newspapers across the country carried its sto... More
Book Information
PublisherBlack Threads Press
BindingKindle Edition (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages48
ISBN-10B009KXX7VW
Publication Date10/02/2012
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About Kyra E. Hicks (Author) : Kyra E. Hicks is a quilter. Kyra's quilts have appeared in more than thirty exhibits in the United States and abroad. She loves historical research and rediscovering the lives of quilters past. She is... more
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8/25/2013 Rachel Markwick said: Such an interesting book! I have an interest in stamps and also in quilts so it combines the two for me and has given me new inspiration for my own work as a stamp collage artist.
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