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	Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful by Tiffany E. Barber (Contributor), Rebecca Bush (Contributor), Aruna d'Souza (Contributor) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rural Modern: American Art Beyond the City by Amanda C. Burdan, Betsy Fahlman, Christine B. Podmaniczky 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is a Portrait If I Say So: Identity in American Art, 1912 to Today by Jonathan Frederick Walz (Goodreads Author), Anne Collins Goodyear, Kathleen Campagnolo 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design by Susan Rather (Contributor), Elizabeth Spear (Contributor), Kenneth Haltman (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Field Language: The Painting and Poetry of Warren and Jane Rohrer by Julia Spicher Kasdorf (Editor), Christopher Reed (Editor), Joyce Henri Robinson (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits by Robert Cozzolino, David R. Brigham (Foreword), Sarah McEneaney (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture by Wendy Wick Reaves (Editor), Jonathan Frederick Walz (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern/Modern: Rediscovering Southern Art from the First Half of the Twentieth Century by Jonathan Stuhlman (Editor), Martha R. Severens (Editor), Daniel Belasco (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tom's Crossing

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Walt Whitman: Selected Poems: (American Poets Project #4)

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