The Genius Belt

by Bush, George S.; Michener, James A.

• ISBN13: 9780271016726
• ISBN10: 0271016728
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-01
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr

Summary

This book tells the story of Bucks County's rich artistic tradition: from the 19th-century's best-known primitive painter, Edward Hicks, to the turn-of-the century birth of a major art colony along the Delaware River, to the influx of literacy and theatrical figures during the Depression. A colorful introduction by James A. Michener begins with the renowned author's boyhood in Doylestown, and recalls his delightful memories of the county's 'golden years.'

Table of Contents

Dedication	vii	(2)
Contributors	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi
BRUCE KATSIFF Director, James A. Michener Art Museum
Introduction: The Golden Years	1	(18)
JAMES A. MICHENER
The Writers	19	(40)
DOROTHY HERRMANN
Footlights and Firefiles: The Bucks County Theater Tradition	59	(30)
PHIL JOHNSON RUTH
Henry Chapman Mercer and the Craft Tradition	89	(22)
CLEOTA REED
Color Plates following	109	(2)
The Visual Artists	111	(40)
PATRICIA TANIS SYDNEY
Afterword: A Brief History of the James A. Michener Art Museum	151	(10)
BRIAN H. PETERSON Curator of Exhibitions, James A. Michener Art Museum
Appendix 1 "Revolutionary Theater" at Washington Crossing	161	(3)
ST. JOHN TERREIL
Appendix 2 Memories of the Early Bucks County Playhouse	164	(3)
W. LESTER TRAUCH
Index	167