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Treasures Afoot - Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Hardcover)
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Treasures Afoot - Shoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Hardcover)
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Shoes reveal the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of the early
Americans who wore them. Honorable Mention of the Historic New
England Book Prize by Historic New England In Treasures Afoot,
Kimberly S. Alexander introduces readers to the history of the
Georgian shoe. Presenting a series of stories that reveal how shoes
were made, sold, and worn during the long eighteenth century,
Alexander traces the fortunes and misfortunes of wearers as their
footwear was altered to accommodate poor health, flagging finances,
and changing styles. She explores the lives and letters of clever
apprentices, skilled cordwainers, wealthy merchants, and elegant
brides, taking readers on a colorful journey from bustling London
streets into ship cargo holds, New England shops, and, ultimately,
to the homes of eager consumers. We trek to the rugged Maine
frontier in the 1740s, where an aspiring lady promenades in her
London-made silk brocade pumps; sail to London in 1765 to listen in
as Benjamin Franklin and John Hose caution Parliament on the
catastrophic effects of British taxes on the shoe trade; move to
Philadelphia in 1775 as John Hancock presides over the Second
Continental Congress while still finding time to order shoes and
stockings for his fiancee's trousseau; and travel to Portsmouth,
New Hampshire, in 1789 to peer in on Sally Brewster Gerrish as she
accompanies President George Washington to a dance wearing a
brocaded silk buckle shoe featuring a cream ground and metallic
threads. Interweaving biography and material culture with
full-color photographs, this fascinating book raises a number of
fresh questions about everyday life in early America: What did
eighteenth-century British Americans value? How did they present
themselves? And how did these fashionable shoes reveal their hopes
and dreams? Examining shoes that have been preserved in local,
regional, and national collections, Treasures Afoot demonstrates
how footwear captures an important moment in American history while
revealing a burgeoning American identity.
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