Mary Colter: Builder Upon the Red Earth
by Virginia L. Grattan
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0938216457
- ISBN 13
- 9780938216452
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About This Item
Grand Canyon Association, 2007. Paperback. New. New softcover in matte printed wraps. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. (9 x 0.9 x 8 inches) Includes a bibliography, index, and photos. 132 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter broke ground as the chief designer and decorator for the Fred Harvey Company from 1902 to 1948. She created remarkable buildings that blended into the natural landscape and paid homage to ancient structures of American Indian tribes of the Southwest. Such iconic structures as the Desert View Watchtower, Bright Angel Lodge, Lookout Studio, Hermits Rest, and Phantom Ranch display Colter's enduring mark on Grand Canyon National Park.
A strong-willed woman who knew what she wanted and wasn't afraid to go after it, Colter left an enduring mark on Grand Canyon National Park. Virginia Grattan's Mary Colter: Builder Upon the Red Earth is an unforgettable biography of an extraordinary woman.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter broke ground as the chief designer and decorator for the Fred Harvey Company from 1902 to 1948. She created remarkable buildings that blended into the natural landscape and paid homage to ancient structures of American Indian tribes of the Southwest. Such iconic structures as the Desert View Watchtower, Bright Angel Lodge, Lookout Studio, Hermits Rest, and Phantom Ranch display Colter's enduring mark on Grand Canyon National Park.
A strong-willed woman who knew what she wanted and wasn't afraid to go after it, Colter left an enduring mark on Grand Canyon National Park. Virginia Grattan's Mary Colter: Builder Upon the Red Earth is an unforgettable biography of an extraordinary woman.
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- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
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- 200848
- Title
- Mary Colter: Builder Upon the Red Earth
- Author
- Virginia L. Grattan
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0938216457
- ISBN 13
- 9780938216452
- Publisher
- Grand Canyon Association
- Place of Publication
- Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Historical biography, Mary Colter, Fred Harvey Company, Decorator, Architecture, Buildings, American southwest, US history, Desert View Watchtower, Bright Angel Lodge, Lookout Studio, Hermits Rest, Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon, National Park, Ecology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- National Parks;
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