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Alone at Dawn: Medal of Honor Recipient John Chapman and the Untold Story of the World's Deadliest Special Operations Force By Dan Schilling, Lori Longfritz Cover Image
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Special Operations Forces Medical Handbook By U.S. Department of Defense Cover Image
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Sons and Soldiers: The Untold Story of the Jews Who Escaped the Nazis and Returned with the U.S. Army to Fight Hitler By Bruce Henderson Cover Image
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The Official U.S. Army Survival Manual Updated (US Army Survival) By Department of the Army, Peter T. Underwood Cover Image
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By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs By Benjamin H. Milligan Cover Image
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The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior By Robert O'Neill Cover Image
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Leave No Man Behind: The Untold Story of the Rangers' Unrelenting Search for Marcus Luttrell, the Navy SEAL Lone Survivor in Afghanistan By Tony Brooks, Bob Welch Cover Image
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Recon 701: A story of Resiliency, Brotherhood, and Triumph, as told by the troopers of G/10 CAV By Desmond V. Bailey Cover Image
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A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia By Hannes Wessels Cover Image
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A Few Bad Men: The True Story of U.S. Marines Ambushed in Afghanistan and Betrayed in America By Major Fred Galvin, USMC (Ret.), Sal Manna (With) Cover Image
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Violence of Action: The Untold Stories of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the War on Terror By Marty Skovlund, Charles Faint, Leo Jenkins Cover Image
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Walk in My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors By James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Chris Mooney (With) Cover Image
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Situated on the main street of the historic Delaware Riverfront town of New Hope, Pennsylvania, Farley’s Bookshop and its knowledgeable, experienced staff have endeavored to satisfy the literary tastes of the area inhabitants for over fifty years. Whether you are Bucks County born-and-bred or just stopping by to enjoy the crisp river air and delightful scenery, you will be pleasantly surprised to find the largest and most diverse collection of books-in-print in Bucks County. Farley’s may have competition, but it has few peers. We encourage you to browse our website, but please remember that getting acquainted with our online persona is no substitute for exploring the narrow passageways and teeming shelves of our storefront and discovering that perfect book nestled amongst so many others.

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.