{"product_id":"poughkeepsie-potters-and-the-plague-9781531605414","title":"Poughkeepsie Potters and the Plague","description":"Folk art has long been a part of the cultural heritage of the Hudson River Valley. \u003cbr\u003eThe Hudson River school of painting traces its roots to the valley, as does a unique \u003cbr\u003edecorative style of stoneware--preserve pots and jugs with scenes of birds, flowers, and \u003cbr\u003eanimals that were part of the potter's life. While the Hudson River paintings, usually \u003cbr\u003ecommissioned by wealthy landowners, have achieved universal acclaim, the utilitarian \u003cbr\u003estoneware, owned by even the least successful merchants and farmers, has been widely \u003cbr\u003ecollected but little understood. \u003cbr\u003ePoughkeepsie Potters and the Plague makes an important contribution toward an \u003cbr\u003eunderstanding of the stoneware tradition of the Hudson Valley. Based on years of \u003cbr\u003eresearch, it uncovers for the first time the significance of early stoneware production \u003cbr\u003eat Poughkeepsie and outlines its one-hundred-year history. Astonishingly, its early \u003cbr\u003ebeginnings may be attributed to a series of yellow-fever epidemics that struck New \u003cbr\u003eYork City during the 1795-1805 period. These epidemics forced a migration of \u003cbr\u003epeople away from the beleaguered city to places such as Poughkeepsie. Poughkeepsie \u003cbr\u003ePotters and the Plague began with a dated butter pot that was made by the first \u003cbr\u003estoneware potters of Poughkeepsie as a tribute to the epidemic victims of New York \u003cbr\u003eCity in 1798--a single piece of pottery transcending time and location to bring to \u003cbr\u003elife the historical triumph of the enduring human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531605414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"George H. Lukacs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38016978452661,"sku":"9781531605414","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d6ee0ef1-36dc-45c5-873d-12bf081a7cfe.jpg?v=1609162139","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/poughkeepsie-potters-and-the-plague-9781531605414","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}