Gift from the Hills: Miss Lucy Morgan's Story of Her Unique Penland School

by Lucy Morgan

Book Overview

Miss Lucy went to the North Carolina mountains in 1920 as an apprentice teacher, but she soon discovered that the kind of teaching that she wanted to do was not in the fields in which she was trained. What interested her most was already there among the mountain people--the ancient arts of hand-weaving and vegetable dyeing. Her campaign to revive interest in these native crafts has resulted in the internationally respected Penland School of Handicrafts.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807897310
• ISBN13: 9780807897317
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"