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African Mythology: Gods and Mythical Legends of Ancient Africa By Sebastian Berg Cover Image
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The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor By Martin Meredith Cover Image
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The Kingdom of God in Africa: A History of African Christianity By Mark Shaw, Wanjiru M. Gitau Cover Image
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For A Sign And A Wonder: Handy Scriptural References To Aid The Newly Awakened Israelite By Leah Yehudah, Judah Chokmah (Editor) Cover Image
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The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Women By Catherine E. McKinley, Jacqueline Woodson (Foreword by), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Catherine E. McKinley, Jacqueline Woodson (Foreword by), Edwidge Danticat (Foreword by)
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood By Alexandra Fuller Cover Image
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Ancient African Kingdoms: A Captivating Guide to Civilizations of Ancient Africa Such as the Land of Punt, Carthage, the Kingdom of Aksum, the M By Captivating History Cover Image
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Black Jews in Africa and the Americas (Nathan I. Huggins Lectures #13) By Tudor Parfitt Cover Image
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New Hope for American Art

                                               New Hope for American Art is the most comprehensive book ever published on artists from, and surrounding, the New Hope Art Colony (also known as the Pennsylvania Impressionists). This book, with its 612 pages and over 1,000 color plates of artwork include biographies of 165 individual Pennsylvania Impressionists and New Hope Modernists as well as artists from the Philadelphia Ten, a pioneering group of women all educated at Philadelphia art schools. 

In this book, you'll find biographies and artwork from such artists as:

  • Daniel Garber
  • Edward Redfield
  • George Sotter
  • Arthur Meltzer
  • Robert Spencer
  • William Langson Lathrop
  • Kenneth Nunamaker
  • John Folinsbee
  • Henry Snell
  • William F. Taylor
  • Fern Coppedge
  • M. Elizabeth Price
  • Clarence Johnson
  • S. George Phillips
  • Rae Sloan Bredin
  • Walter Baum
  • Walter Schofield
  • Morgan Colt
  • Charles Rosen
  • Joseph Meierhans
  • Charles F. Ramsey
  • Louis Stone
  • Charles Evans
  • Josef Zenk

New Hope for American Art was authored, designed and published by James M. Alterman, an expert in the field of Pennsylvania Impressionist and Modernist painting. A longtime collector and owner of two fine art galleries, Alterman wanted to create a user-friendly book intended not only to educate collectors and enthusiasts about this art but to help train one's eye. The book offers valuable tips on how to avoid common mistakes often experienced by new collectors drawn from the author's personal experiences as a collector and fine art dealer.