NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY PRESS
announces the publication of
Non-Profit Organization
PAID
Permit No. 120
DeKalb, Illinois
DECOYS AND
DECOY CARVERS
OF ILLINOIS
Paul W. Parmalee Forrest D. Loomis
Illinois State Museum Illinois Department of Conservation
Both sportsmen in the field and decoys in historical
and collectors by the hearth perspective. DECOYS AND
will prize a copy of the biggest DECOY CARVERS OF
and most beautiful book ever ILLINOIS is a major
published about decoys. This contribution to the
is a definitive work on Illinois. preservation of a minor but
decoys, but its interest extends genuine folk art which at times
far beyond the Midwest.
reaches heights of great
Years of collecting-and
beauty.
photographing collections-
506 pages including 426
went into this book. Short
black-and-white photographs
biographies on 208 known and 8 pages in full color.
carvers-drawn from hundreds 8 x 912 inches, bound in
of interviews with either the natural buckram.
carvers or their descendants
and friends-place both men SBN 87580-010-6
$17.50
Illinois residents add 5% sales tax.
Publisher pays shipping charges for pre-paid orders.
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