{"product_id":"threading-the-generations-a-mississippi-familys-quilt-legacy","title":"Threading the Generations: A Mississippi Family's Quilt Legacy","description":"Family lore passes from generation to generation in many ways: through written histories, oral traditions, and photographs. For the Shaifer family of Port Gibson, Mississippi, an amazing collection of fifty quilts made by women from four generations holds the story of the family's past.\nSeldom has a family collection of quilts of this range been shared. Not only do the quilts cover a significant time span, but they include diverse types, patterns, and techniques.\nThreading the Generations: A Mississippi Family's Quilt Legacy tells the story of the Shaifer family, beginning with Abram Keller Shaifer who came down the Natchez Trace in 1813 and settled in Port Gibson. The book skillfully connects the family's history with the quilts from 1813 to the present.\nFeaturing seventy-five photographs of quilts, family members, and important locations, Threading the Generations includes a discussion of each quilt and the major quilters. Not just a quilt book, however, it is also about family struggles and achievements, relationships, and life as it was lived by thousands of southerners during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Of special interest is the post-Civil War era when the Shaifer family established personal connections via letters, gifts, and visits between sworn enemies from the North and South.\nResearch provides ties between generations of women who not only shared a love of one another but also a love of quilting. The legacy they have left will live on as a testament to their creativity, artistic abilities, and strong sense of family.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1578067456\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1578067456.LN\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Like New\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Vickers, Carol|Johnson, Mary Elizabeth|Schwalm, J. D.|Hollingsworth, Elizabeth Shaifer\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in like new condition. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47699762086065,"sku":"RDV.1578067456.LN","price":26.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1578067456-0.jpg?v=1783879478","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/threading-the-generations-a-mississippi-familys-quilt-legacy","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}