Author:
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Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Our State Fair
Author: Mary Kay Shanley
Publisher: McMillen Publishing
ISBN: 9781888223170
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial and written history of one of the country's best agricultural fairs, the Iowa State Fair. Started in 1854, the Iowa State Fair continues to showcase Iowa agriculture and draw crowds from across the country. This book shows the old and new, competitions of yesterday and today, exhibits, entertainment and the buildings of the Iowa State Fair. To order a book, please call 1-800-750-6997 (in Iowa) or 1-800-453-3960 (Outside Iowa) and ask for McMillen Publishing. To fax an order, dial 1-515-232-8820, To mail order, send to: McMillen Publishing, 413 Northwestern, Ames, IA, 50010, to order online: [email protected]. or [email protected].
Publisher: McMillen Publishing
ISBN: 9781888223170
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A pictorial and written history of one of the country's best agricultural fairs, the Iowa State Fair. Started in 1854, the Iowa State Fair continues to showcase Iowa agriculture and draw crowds from across the country. This book shows the old and new, competitions of yesterday and today, exhibits, entertainment and the buildings of the Iowa State Fair. To order a book, please call 1-800-750-6997 (in Iowa) or 1-800-453-3960 (Outside Iowa) and ask for McMillen Publishing. To fax an order, dial 1-515-232-8820, To mail order, send to: McMillen Publishing, 413 Northwestern, Ames, IA, 50010, to order online: [email protected]. or [email protected].
The North Carolina State Fair
Author: Melton Alonza McLaurin
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN: 9780865263079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With an annual attendance of 800,000, the North Carolina State Fair is the state's largest event and is the largest ten-day agricultural fair in the United States. Published jointly with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, this volume is the most comprehensive account of the people, politics, and events that have shaped the annual autumn event. Over three hundred photographs, many in full color, vividly portray the fair's history.
Publisher: North Carolina Division of Archives & History
ISBN: 9780865263079
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
With an annual attendance of 800,000, the North Carolina State Fair is the state's largest event and is the largest ten-day agricultural fair in the United States. Published jointly with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, this volume is the most comprehensive account of the people, politics, and events that have shaped the annual autumn event. Over three hundred photographs, many in full color, vividly portray the fair's history.
Iowa State Fair
Author: Thomas Leslie
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568985688
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More than 150 years old and still going strong, the Iowa State Fair is an American institution that wasrecently selected by bestselling author Patricia Schultz as one of the 1000 Places to See Before You Die. Once an opportunity for country folk to come to town, experience the community of fellow farmers, and show off the fruits of their labor, today the fair attracts more than one million attendees from urban, suburban, and rural locales. They are all longing for an authentic American experience, a celebration of the abundance of our land, and the talents of our people. Iowa State Fair isthe first comprehensive history of this extraordinary confluence of cows and corn dogs, midwestern culture, and classic Americana. Iowa State Fair samples every flavor at the fair, from the fairy tale State Fair of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical to the surreal site of staged locomotive collisions to Norma Duffield Lyons 2000 pound butter sculpture of The Last Supper. Beauty-queen contestants, fans of Kid Rock and Kenny Chesney, 30,000 annual blue ribbon winners, and deep fried Twinkie eaters fill itspages with visual delight. Author Thomas Leslie brings the fair to life, recounting its fascinating background and noting why today it is more popular than ever. Like the fair itself, this book celebrates the state's agricultural heritage and provides a heartwarming portrait of an event that is, quite literally, as American as apple pie. Iowa State Fair will please the fairgoer in all of us. Last year's 1,013,063 attendees can't be wrong.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568985688
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
More than 150 years old and still going strong, the Iowa State Fair is an American institution that wasrecently selected by bestselling author Patricia Schultz as one of the 1000 Places to See Before You Die. Once an opportunity for country folk to come to town, experience the community of fellow farmers, and show off the fruits of their labor, today the fair attracts more than one million attendees from urban, suburban, and rural locales. They are all longing for an authentic American experience, a celebration of the abundance of our land, and the talents of our people. Iowa State Fair isthe first comprehensive history of this extraordinary confluence of cows and corn dogs, midwestern culture, and classic Americana. Iowa State Fair samples every flavor at the fair, from the fairy tale State Fair of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical to the surreal site of staged locomotive collisions to Norma Duffield Lyons 2000 pound butter sculpture of The Last Supper. Beauty-queen contestants, fans of Kid Rock and Kenny Chesney, 30,000 annual blue ribbon winners, and deep fried Twinkie eaters fill itspages with visual delight. Author Thomas Leslie brings the fair to life, recounting its fascinating background and noting why today it is more popular than ever. Like the fair itself, this book celebrates the state's agricultural heritage and provides a heartwarming portrait of an event that is, quite literally, as American as apple pie. Iowa State Fair will please the fairgoer in all of us. Last year's 1,013,063 attendees can't be wrong.
Light Up the Sky
Author: Moss Hart
Publisher:
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Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A look inside show business, set just before and immediately after a Broadway bound play meets its first audience.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Actors
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
A look inside show business, set just before and immediately after a Broadway bound play meets its first audience.
Minnesota State Fair
Author: Kathryn Strand Koutsky
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Enhanced by more than twelve hundred photographs, a history of the Minnesota State Fair includes recipes from 4-H groups, food stands, and blue ribbon-winning contestants.
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Enhanced by more than twelve hundred photographs, a history of the Minnesota State Fair includes recipes from 4-H groups, food stands, and blue ribbon-winning contestants.
Iowa State Fair A to Z
Author: Ryan Sloth
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781684012480
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
"It's time for the Iowa State Fair! Every year, the people of Iowa gather to enjoy some of their favorite fair activities. Learn about them from A to Z!"
Publisher: Mascot Books
ISBN: 9781684012480
Category : Agricultural exhibitions
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
"It's time for the Iowa State Fair! Every year, the people of Iowa gather to enjoy some of their favorite fair activities. Learn about them from A to Z!"
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural experiment stations
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Preventing Chronic Disease Through Healthy Lifestyles
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Agriculture of Maine
Author: Maine. Department of Agriculture
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Every Quilt Tells a Story
Author: Helen Kelley
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1610600576
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Every quilt tells a story. There is a universality in those stories as well as in the quilts themselves and the threads that hold them together. In the tradition of Erma Bombeck, Helen Kelley shares her tales of quilts and quiltmaking with trademark charm and wit. This gifted storyteller gathers the snippings, threads, and scraps of everyday life and effortlessly stitches them together to create a narrative to which every quilter can relate. Each piece--from the humorous to the heartwarming--touches your soul and makes you smile, reminding you of your own passion for quilts and the stories they tell. Helen Kelley is an author, instructor, and lecturer, but she is, first and foremost, a quiltmaker. For twenty years, this "Erma Bombeck" of the quilting world has parlayed her passion for all things quilt into her enormously popular "Loose Threads" column in "Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine."
Publisher: Voyageur Press
ISBN: 1610600576
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Every quilt tells a story. There is a universality in those stories as well as in the quilts themselves and the threads that hold them together. In the tradition of Erma Bombeck, Helen Kelley shares her tales of quilts and quiltmaking with trademark charm and wit. This gifted storyteller gathers the snippings, threads, and scraps of everyday life and effortlessly stitches them together to create a narrative to which every quilter can relate. Each piece--from the humorous to the heartwarming--touches your soul and makes you smile, reminding you of your own passion for quilts and the stories they tell. Helen Kelley is an author, instructor, and lecturer, but she is, first and foremost, a quiltmaker. For twenty years, this "Erma Bombeck" of the quilting world has parlayed her passion for all things quilt into her enormously popular "Loose Threads" column in "Quilter’s Newsletter Magazine."