History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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Not just a charming travelogue
Tiresome Classic
interesting....
Fresh, fun, and full of charm.
the painter of signs

The Painter of Signs (Penguin Classics)
R. K. Narayan
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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ASIN: 0143039660

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For Raman the sign painter, life is a familiar and satisfying routine. A man of simple, rational ways, he lives with his pious aunt and prides himself on his creative work. But all that changes when he meets Daisy, a thrillingly independent young woman who wishes to bring birth control to the area. Hired to create signs for her clinics, Raman finds himself smitten by a love he cannot understand, much less avoid—and soon realizes that life isn't so routine anymore. Set in R. K. Narayan's fictional city of Malgudi, The Painter of Signs is a wry, bittersweet treasure.

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Not just a charming travelogue.......2007-03-11

Narayan's The Painter of Signs is considerably more than a charming travelogue or a narrow slice of provincial Indian life. While giving us all of that and with considerable charm, Narayan creates characters and situations that touch the heart and delve deeply into the essential contradictions of human life.

While some, including Monica Ali, who wrote the informative introduction to the latest edition call Narayan a comic writer, he can more accurately be called a serio-comic one. This book, like many of his novels, has its tragic components.

There is a basic dichotomy within Daisy, the committed family planner and sexually repressive young woman. Similarly, Raman yearns to be a rationalist but finds himself overcome by sexual thoughts. Thus, when the two young people inevitably get together, it creates a hopeless tension that finally destroys their relationship.

The complications of their "modern" love story is played out against the tranquil life of Raman's aunt, who has her act together. This would all seem cheery if we didn't know that the aunt is leaving Malgudi to go to Benares, the holy city, to die, alone, separated from Raman, her surrogate child. (Raman's parents were victims of modern life--killed in a railway accident.)

While the book gives us considerable insight into daily Indian life, it gives us even more into the lives of young people trying to find their way in a world changing before their very eyes. Narayan does not avoid the controversies of the times. Set in the days of Mrs. Gandhi's Emergency, Painter of Signs deals with the contradictory impulses of family planning: to make a good life for some, we deny potential life for others, an ironic opposition almost no one on either side of the issue is willing to confront, probably because it is basically unsolvable. And Narayan sees that. At the end of the book, Daisy is off on her Quixotic quest to limit births; the aunt is deprived of her home; and Raman is left with only his memories of the time with Daisy. He returns to the lesser life of The Boardless and his cronies , and his own business life as a minor artist, a painter of signs.

Narayan has painted for us a very charming and deceptively simple picture of the complexities of Indian and human life.

Tiresome Classic.......2007-02-05

I began this book with great enthusiasm, having purchased it in Chennai during my third trip to India. I wanted to read of village life and also have more insight into the culture and personality of India, since I am a western "white man." The book was written during Indira Gandhi's leadership and reflects her authoritarian campaign to control India's skyrocketing population through sterilizations and forced family planning. Raman, the village painter of signs, is a confirmed bachelor and "rationalist" until he meets Daisy, who is an independent, very un-Indian-like woman working fanatically for the government's population control campaign. Daisy ran away from home when her family tried to arrange her marriage, dislikes children, and just isn't the marrying kind. Of course, Raman falls head over heels for Daisy and Daisy seems to like Raman, but this isn't a romantic tale.
I can understand why this book is a classic and was very forward thinking when it was written, but I found the writing ultimately tiresome and predictable and skimmed through much of this to the inevitable end. I'm not so sure I want to read more from Narayan, but I've been told to read the Swami stories, so I'll try again. If you're an impatient reader, be warned, this writer is not for you. I'm hoping to get more from Luce's book, "In Spite of the Gods." Luce is a British journalist who's written about his personal experiences with the extreme dichotomies of modern-day India.

interesting...........2003-12-03

yes.. this book is a real masterpiece...
actually most of nowadays's main issues are evocated!
for instance, there is lot of allusions of indira gandhi's campaign( nerhu 's daughter) of sterilization ..
there is also mentioned the corruption of our societies, the phenomenon of sexualiy( which is more and more here in our everyday life)
raman 's main issu is his disatifaction whith life.... he sees himself as taking part of this corruption , because he serves all his corrupted costumers....he can't accept his ederly aunt's beliefs since he is a rationalist.. he is stubborned in his vision of life : no one can makes him change his mind...
moreover, he thinks that he is under-rated by people.... his pofessional values aren't recognized and he suffers from it.
his conception of life change when he meets daisy ( by the way, her name puzzled him a lot because even if her aspect is quite traditional , her name isn't. )
daisy is a strong woman who's quite different from other indan's women...
first of all, she lives alone!!( and that's quite unusual)
morever , she is a symbol of feminism since she works on her own and she doesn't need a husband to take care of her... She is a woman who acts like a man.
raman immediatly fall in love with her, because of her " unusual personality".
well, i advice you to read this book , because all along it , we have references to raman's thoughts which are really true..
the author has quite an objective look on our world... and it'll makes you think...

Fresh, fun, and full of charm........2003-04-29

This bittersweet novel is as fresh and charming today as it was when originally published in 1976. Telling the story of Raman, a conscientious sign-painter, who is trying to lead a rational life, the novel is filled with busy neighborhood life and gossip, the alternating rhythms and sounds of the city from morning till night, and the pungent smells and tantalizing flavors of home cooking, as Narayan portrays everyday life in Malgudi. The city is growing and changing, as its inhabitants try to carve out some individual successes within the juggernaut of "progress."

Raman, a college graduate, brings a sense of professionalism to his sign-painting, taking pride in his calligraphy and trying to create exactly the right sign, artistically, for each client. Living with his aged aunt, a devout, traditional woman whose days are spent running the house and tending to her nephew's needs and whose evenings are spent at the temple listening to the old stories and praying, Raman prefers a rational approach to life. Then he meets Daisy. A young woman devoted to improving the lives of women and the standard of living of the country through strict family planning, Daisy becomes his biggest customer, commissioning signs for all the family planning clinics she helps establish through the city and outlying rural areas. Ram soon finds his attraction to Daisy more powerful than this desire to remain "rational."

Narayan is a master of domestic scenes, presenting the major and minor conflicts of family life through the different points of view of the participants. Respect for his characters and a good-humored (and often humorous) presentation of their issues give warmth to his scenes and allow the reader to feel real empathy with the characters. Raman's belief in his own rational enlightenment and his simultaneous vulnerability to Daisy's manipulations provide the author with unlimited opportunities for dramatic irony. Scenes between Ram and his devout, elderly aunt provide a glimpse of the conflicts between old and new India, in addition to the generational conflicts every family faces between its young and its old. Scenes between Ram and Daisy reflect the changes in the role of women in society, as women become more assertive and liberated. Though he is presented as a unique, individualized character, Ram, the painter of signs, is, in a sense, Everyman, facing his coming-of-age as all men before him have done in cultures around the world. Only the details (and the sights, and sounds, and smells) are different. Mary Whipple

the painter of signs.......2001-06-22

THE PAINTER OF SIGNS IS A VERY GOOD BOOK.IT IS ABOUT A PAINTER IN THE IMAGINARY TOWN OF MALGUDI.HIS NAME IS RAMAN.HE LIVES AT HOME WITH HIS AUNT WHO TAKES CARE OF HIM.SHE TOOK CARE OF HIM FROM THE TIME HIS PARENTS DIED.SHE IS A VERY RELIGIOUS PERSON AND GEOS TO THE TEMPLE EVERYDAY.RAMAN PAINTS SIGNS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE.FOR EXAMPLE:THE BANGLE SELLER.ONE DAY HE IS ASKED TO PAINT A SIGN BY THIS LADY.RAMAN GETS ATTRACTED TO THIS LADY,DAISY,AND STARTS VISITING HER.MEANWHILE,DAISY IS PLANNING A BIRTH CONTROL CAMPAIGN.SHE IS GOING TO VISIT SOME OF THE REMOTE VILLAGES TO EXPLAIN THIS.SINCE,RAMAN HELPS HER SHE DECIDES TO TAKE RAMAN WITH HER.WHY DON'T YOU READ THIS VERY GOOD BOOK TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF THE CAMPAIGN AND WHAT HAPPENS TO RAMAN AFTER THIS.

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Wonderful Book for Discussing 20th c. Art and Artistic Influences
A wonderful addition to anyone's library

The Sign Painter
Allen Say
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin/Walter Lorraine Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0395979749

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In his Caldecott acceptance speech for GRANDFATHER'S JOURNEY, Allen Say told of his difficulty in separating his dreams from reality. For him this separation was not as important as finding a meaning behind the contradictions and choices we all must make in life and their consequences. Early one morning a boy comes into town, hungry, and looking for work. He meets a sign painter who takes him on as a helper. The boy yearns to be a painter. The man offers him security. The two are commissioned to paint a series of billboards in the desert. Each billboard has one word, Arrowstar. They do not know its meaning. As they are about to paint the last sign, the boy looks up and sees in the distance a magnificent structure. Is it real? They go to find out. Through a simple text and extraordinary paintings, the reader learns of the temptation of safe choices and the uncertainties of following a personal dream. Here Allen Say tells a haunting and provocative story of dreams and choices for readers of all ages.

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Wonderful Book for Discussing 20th c. Art and Artistic Influences.......2007-01-19

I just found this book and was fascinated by the fact that he does so much with so little. I spent a wonderful hour or so trying to track down the artists he is obviously referring to. Because he doesn't include them anywhere in the book, it's like a treasure hunt. The Edward Hopper references are obvious on the first and last page. There's Norman Rockwell (the older sign painter sitting and painting when we first meet him), Ansel Adams (a black and white of a mountain), Magritte (a billboard with clouds), and a nod to Georgia O'Keefe (the cattle skull). There appears to be a reference to Russell and/or Remington with the scene of the two main characters sitting at a campfire against a big sky, but I didn't get around to finding an actual painting since I was pressed for time. The whole situation of the book seems to refer to Andy Warhol and pop art/advertising, but I couldn't find a Warhol work that was specifically used. There are several illustrations that seem to have references (a bright magenta convertible with a blonde driving, a road leading into a stylized landscape, a huge structure of scaffolding, etc.) that I haven't been able to place, but I'm planning on having fun searching with my kids! My husband had fun seeing if he could place them also (not to mention the librarian who was helping me! One of the reasons I'm writing this review is so if others are looking for what the references are they can find a more complete list than I was able to find -- I hope others add their observations!).

The story itself is, like many other Allen Say books, somewhat autobiographical and dreamlike. Not your typical children's book at all. If you're looking for a neat way to give a wide age range of kids an introduction to 20th c. art (mostly American), this is great. They can comb through collections and say, "Hey! Look what I found! This is just like that picture when the boy..." Younger kids can just enjoy the story about a young painter who has to paint things he's not particularly interested in to make a living while he hopes to one day be able to paint what really moves him.

I'm considering using it for a homeschooled kids lit gathering we're a part of, having the older kids go out and hunt down the references (hopefully they'll find some of the ones I didn't!), and letting kids who want to draw their own version of a picture that pays homage to an artist whose work they themselves enjoy.

Wonderful story on many levels. Five stars.

A wonderful addition to anyone's library.......2001-05-16

This is a wonderful story about a young man's pursuit of his dream. The artwork is incredible. The author pays homage to many artists in this book - including Hopper, Rockwell, and O'Keefe to name a few. My sons - ages 7 and 9 both enjoyed it as did their classmates. I highly recommend it.

The Sign Painter's Dream: (Reading Rainbow Book)

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American Inspiration
this is a great book--a family favorite.

The Sign Painter's Dream: (Reading Rainbow Book)
Roger Roth
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517885417
Release Date: 1995-07-04

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American Inspiration.......2000-09-25

A crabby painter reads a historical book as he falls asleep and George Washington visits his dream. Washington inspires the painter to put "yankee inginuity" back into his personal and business life. Wonderful Illustrations and a new spin for American history or elementary school teachers for February!

this is a great book--a family favorite........1998-08-18

The Sign Painter's Dream is a family favorite. We love the story and the illustrations. Also, it was a thrill to see this book featured on the Reading Rainbow!

Signs of the Artist: Signatures and Self-Expression in American Paintings

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Signs of the Artist: Signatures and Self-Expression in American Paintings
John Wilmerding
Manufacturer: Yale University Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0300097794

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Signatures are unique and often reveal something of our individual personalities. In this intriguing book, John Wilmerding-an eminent historian of American art-explores the unconventional use of signatures in paintings. The author focuses on American artists who have not simply signed their works on a corner of the canvas but have intentionally placed their signatures within the pictorial space of the painting. A painter's name or initials might, for instance, appear as an illusion on a wall or floor, on an object within an interior, or on some form in a landscape. Wilmerding examines such signatures in works by twenty-seven artists from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries, including John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Jasper Johns, Andrew Wyeth, and Richard Estes. After providing an overview of signatures in European art, Wilmer-ding looks closely at American painting. He argues that by placing a signature within a painting the artist may be making an explicit association with the setting or situation depicted. He demonstrates that such signatures or inscriptions can be viewed as fragments of autobiography or as concentrated glimpses of self-representation. Beautifully designed and handsomely illustrated, this book brings into focus the myriad and complex meanings of artists' signatures and is of interest to anyone who admires and studies American art and culture.

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The painter of signs r.k.narayan
Iragui
Manufacturer: Ellipses Marketing
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Practical house, wagon and automobile painter: Including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipes

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Practical house, wagon and automobile painter: Including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipes
W. F White
Manufacturer: Shrewesbury Pub. Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B00087MDY6

Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering: A Source Book of the Best Letter Forms of Past and Present for Sign Painters, Graphic Artists, Commercial Artis

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This book is informative!

Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering: A Source Book of the Best Letter Forms of Past and Present for Sign Painters, Graphic Artists, Commercial Artis
Jan Tschichold
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding: Paperback

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This book is informative!.......2000-09-05

Many years ago I borrowed this book from a research library. And in the next few days, I couldn't put it down. I found this book very informative. It opened a door to the art of calligraphy and lettering to me. This book is composed of two parts. The first of it are some articles explaining the evolution of various kinds of calligraphy and lettering crafts. The second part, examples of these artworks. If you love typography, caligraphy or fine arts as a general, you will love this book.

If you are interested in the history of typography, this book can also be very helpful to you as it provides you with a firm background of very needed knowledge.

I hope there will be another book like this one that stress the mechanical part of lettering. How different tools, say broad-tip pens, brushes, chisels, counterpunches, affect the shape of letters.

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The Sign Painter's Secret : The Story of a Revolutionary Gir

Sign Painters Secret: The Story of a Revolutionary Girl (Her Story)
Dorothy Hoobler , and Thomas Hoobler
Manufacturer: Silver Burdett Press
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Binding: Paperback

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The Sign Painter's Secret : The Story of a Revolutionary Gir.......2000-02-08

I liked this book because it is exciting. Also I liked itbecause I like learning about the Revolutionary War.

Early Ohio Taverns; Tavern-sign, Stage-coach, Barge, Banner, Chair and Settee Painters

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Early Ohio Taverns; Tavern-sign, Stage-coach, Barge, Banner, Chair and Settee Painters
Rhea Mansfield Knittle
Manufacturer: Privately Printed
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ASIN: B000KSZ2E6

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