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Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II By Catherine Musemeche Cover Image
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The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison By Hugh Ryan Cover Image
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All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler By Rebecca Donner Cover Image
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The Devil's Half Acre: The Untold Story of How One Woman Liberated the South's Most Notorious Slave Jail By Kristen Green Cover Image
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Wanderers: A History of Women Walking By Kerri Andrews, Kathleen Jamie (Foreword by) Cover Image
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Come Fly The World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am By Julia Cooke Cover Image
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Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World By Elinor Cleghorn Cover Image
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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color By Ruby Hamad Cover Image
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Proving Ground: The Untold Story of the Six Women Who Programmed the World’s First Modern Computer By Kathy Kleiman Cover Image
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A Black Women's History of the United States By Daina Ramey Berry, Kali Nicole Gross Cover Image
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Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II By Liza Mundy 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.