Franklin Roosevelt’s Postage Stamp Quilt: The Story of Estella Weaver Nukes’ Presidential Gift – Paperback-Fast Shipping

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Kyra E. Hicks (Author)

A Saturday morning search of African American newspapers from the 1930s uncovered a startling headline: “President Roosevelt Gets Present of Novel Quilt Designed By Indiana Woman.”Who was this Hoosier quiltmaker? What inspired her to gift the President of the United States with a quilt? What was so “novel” about the bedcovering that Black newspapers across the country carried its story? Where is the celebrated quilt today?Follow the surprising pursuit from a WPA Sewing Room in Marion, Indiana to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC and even on to England and Kyra E. Hicks, who previously shared the true story of a young slave girl’s fifty-year quest to see Queen Victoria and give her a quilt, now takes us on a Depression-era adventure featuring exquisite quilts made for Franklin and Eleanor White House Quilt Block included.

Number of Pages: 46Dimensions: 0.12 x 10 x 7 INPublication Date: August 08, 2012