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Title: Hidden in Plain View : A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Raymond G. Dobard, Jacqueline L. Tobin ISBN: 0-385-49767-9 Publisher: Anchor Pub Pub. Date: 18 January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.91 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fascinating, inspiring book
Comment: Dr. Dobard and Ms. Tobin tell a fascinating story, which I know they've been researching a long time. About a year after James Ransome's and my children's picture book, SWEET CLARA AND THE FREEDOM QUILT was published in 1993, I received a call from Ms.Tobin, who was searching for information about quilts and the underground railroad. Although the inspiration for Sweet Clara, a work of fiction, came from hearing a quilter on National Public Radio mention escape routes being sewn into quilts, we had never found actual documentation or confirmation. Now, incredibly, it seems that elements of the story, and the quilt James Ransome painted as Sweet Clara's escape route, somehow ring true to parts of Ozella McDaniel Williams' account of slaves using quilts to communicate.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hidden in Plain View
Comment: I'm amazed at the other reviews I read about this book and thought it important that I add a positive review because the book was great. Jacquline Tobin knows how to tell a story and I found the story she had to tell was interesting. I think it makes a difference the reason you read the book, as a quilter I don't think I'd get much out of it but I read it for an American History class I'm taking. I actually enjoyed reading it and then writing my review for class. It's a good reminder that the Africans that were brought over were Africans first and then made into slaves. They brought with them a rich heritage that they used to better themselves on foreign shores. I was trying to gather information about the Underground Railroad and although I didn't get as much info as I would have like what I got instead was a clearer picture of the African American culture.
Rating: 1
Summary: Caveat Emptor -- An interesting fiction
Comment: I agree with most of the reviews of this book that the material is indeed fascinating. It just doesn't happen to be true. Sadly, the "quilt code" myth has been invented by a couple of vendors who sell quilts, and now also sell books, speaking engagements, memorabilia, etc.
This isn't the place for a "debunking", however. If you're interested in seriously evaluating the facts of the issue, and comparing this book's unfounded (indeed unique) claims against real scholarship on the Underground Railroad and the history of quilting, a good place to start is the research of Leigh Fellner, which appears in the March 2003 issue of Traditional Quiltworks magazine as well as the Hart Cottage Quilts website.
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Title: Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt by Deborah Hopkinson ISBN: 0679874720 Publisher: Dragonfly Pub. Date: 10 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Underground Railroad Sampler by Eleanor Burns ISBN: 1891776134 Publisher: Quilt in a Day Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South by Gladys-Marie Fry ISBN: 0807849952 Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 30 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Quilts from the Civil War: Nine Projects, Historic Notes, Diary Entries by Barbara Brackman, Liz Aneloski, Diana Roberts ISBN: 1571200339 Publisher: C & T Pub Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Under the Quilt of Night by Deborah Hopkinson, James E. Ransome ISBN: 0689822278 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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