A Reader's Map
Have you ever finished a book and not wanted it to end? I bet you have. Sometimes, when a book is so good, you want to visit places traveled in the book, both physical and metaphorical. A good book will make you want to travel to Italy, or read about making pasta, or sail the oceans with pirates of days past.
In our Reader's Map you will find books that lead you to
undiscovered territories. But, like any good map, it will lead you back where
you started so you can travel another path. The books on this map relate to many
of the topics in Irene Latham's book
Leaving Gee's Bend. You will find trails leading you to books about
Gee's Bend, quilts, and traditions. This Reader's Map is brought to you by the
librarians of the Jefferson County Library Cooperative.
Gee's Bend
- Gee's Bend : the architecture of the quilt / contributions by William Arnett ... [et al.] ; edited by Paul Arnett, Joanne Cubbs, Eugene W. Metcalf.
- Gee's Bend experience : poems and tidbits about life / by Tinnie Pettway.
- Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend quilts, and beyond / essays by Joanne Cubbs, Matt Arnett, and Dana Friis-Hansen ; edited by Paul Arnett and Eugene W. Metcalf.
- Gee's Bend : the women and their quilts / John Beardsley ... [et al.] ; introduction by Alvia Wardlaw ; foreword by Peter Marzio.
- The quilts of Gee's Bend / John Beardsley ... [et al.] ; introduction by Alvia Wardlaw ; foreword by Peter Marzio.
- Children’s book: Stitchin' and pullin' : a Gee's Bend quilt / Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Cozbi A. Cabrera.
- DVD: The quiltmakers of Gee's Bend [videorecording] / a production of Alabama Public Television in association with Hunter Films ; producer/director, Celia Carey.
Quilts & History
- Quilts around the world : the story of quilting from Alabama to Zimbabwe / Spike Gillespie ; foreword by Karey Patterson Bresenhan ; contributors include Laurel Horton ... [et al.] ; quilt-block patterns by Myrah Brown Green.
- Quilted planet : a soucebook of quilts from around the world / Celia Eddy.
- Quilting pieces of the past : 175 years of inspirational quilting.
- Let's quilt our black heritage / by Carole S. Marsh.
- A stitch in time / Ann Rinaldi.
Traditions
- The joy of family traditions : a season-by-season companion of 400 celebrations and activities / Jennifer Trainer Thompson.
- Southern homecoming traditions : recipes and remembrances / Carolyn Quick Tillery.
- A treasury of Southern folklore : stories, ballads, traditions, and folkways of the people of the South / edited with an introd. by B. A. Botkin ; with a foreword by Douglas Southall Freeman.
