About this title: Master Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson holds in her hands a quilt called by three names-Birds in the Air, after its pattern; The Runaway Quilt, after the circumstances under which it was made; and The Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was called Joanna, a woman who travelled by the Underground ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 3/31/2009
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: Good in good dust jacket. GOOD Ex Library book with usual stickers/stamps/marks. Fast ship! Buy with confidence--satisfaction guaranteed. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: New. Hardback w/ DJ. Enjoyable reading copy for your personal pleasure. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781416533160. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 352 p. Elm Creek Quilts Novels (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: Like New. 2009 hardcover with dj, STATED 1ST EDITION, 1ST PRINTING WITH FULL NUMBER LINE, no marks noted in or on book, All of our products are cleaned with an disinfectant for your protection before shipping. read more
Binding: Other book format
Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: BRAND NEW OTHER BOOK FORMAT. 336 pages. The elm creek quilts series continues, as master quilter sylvia compson's exploration of her ancestry reveals some unexpected connections. (Other book format) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Date Published: 2009-04-07
ISBN-13:9781410414021ISBN:1410414027
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-03-31
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: Like New. NEVER OWNED OR READ! LIKE NEW! MAY HAVE A PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! NEW CONDITION OTHER THAN PUBLISHERS REMAINDER MARK! read more
Description: Very Good. Book appears unread, but may have a publisher's mark or minor shelf wear. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Edition: 1st edition
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781416533160ISBN:1416533168
Description: New. The bestselling Elm Creek Quilts series continues, as Master Quilter Sylvia Compson's investigation of her ancestry reveals unexpected connections to a long-forgotten visitor to Elm Creek Manor. read more
"When Sylvia Bergstrom Compson discovers some letters in an old desk, it takes her back to 1859 and the story of a slave Joanna who had made it as far as Elm Creek in her bid for freedom. Recaptured and then forced to go back, she leaves behind her master's baby. The story then goes with Joanna to VA and then SC where she finally escapes during the war. She goes back to Edistoe Island after the war - her former plantation - where she's given a land grant and forms a quilting group. The clues from these now famous quilts and quilters is what ties the story together for Sylvia. Very interesting and well done."
"The latest of the Elmer Creek Quilters series!!! This is set almost all in the years of 1859-1864 just before and during the Civil War and follows Joanna the runaway slave that came to Elm Creek on her way to Canada and was recaptured. As always the author writesa great book that gives insights into the lives of those she writes about. Joanna was a strong individual who no matter what happens to her stays true to her desire to be free. And no matter what keeps up the art of quilting that she learned at Elm Creek. It was an interesting read because I visited Charleston, SC a couple years ago and loved it. It was great to see it through her eyes as it was then."
"I enjoyed this book; I'm a beginning quilter and happened to do an extensive research project last year on the idea of slave/abolitionist quilts. While I liked the ending Chiaverini put on Joanna's story, I like The Sugar Camp Quilt and The Runaway Quilt (especially The Runaway Quilt) more. I also think she was wise to leave Sylvia and the others (as characters) with conjecture, rather than saying, Yes, this quilt was made by Joanna, period. Historically, there is no proof for the idea of a slave quilt code, although the verbal histories had to get their start somewhere. . .I have to say, these books of Chiaverini's are one reason I made the slave quilts my research project for the class I was taking. I'm still hopeful there will be slave quilts *definitively* identified. I like this series as a whole, although some books in it are much better than others."
"This is a series and I hadn't read the previously written books. Usually authors will give context to the relationship between characters but this author did not. I was intrigued by the regular characters, a group of women devoted to quilting, and may pick up an early book in the series if I need something to read and they're available but it was difficult to get truly involved with them. They were mostly just names and too many of them began with S (Sylvia and Sarah and something else).
This was also a story within a story. The regular characters in the series acted more as a way to introduce the other story which was set just before the Civil War and was about a runaway slave who may or may not be related to one of the regular characters. This story was very interesting and kept me hooked."
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