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WoodstockArts is proud to present the classic art book, It Happened in Woodstock, in honor of Woodstock's rededication to the arts.
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According to Alf Evers, author and longtime Woodstock town historian, this charming book, It Happened in Woodstock, “provides a wonderful overview of Woodstock for the centennial celebration visitor.”
It Happened in Woodstock
ISBN: 0-9679268-1-5
Published 1972; first edition; soft cover
$15.00 / 5 ½ x 8 ½ / 165 pages with more than 70 illustrationsDrawn from Woodstock History and Hearsay, this is a popularized, art edition completely executed in reverse lithography with "white print" on cobalt blue. It tells the story of Woodstock from the time of the Amerindian, but takes the saga up through the Festival of 1969 in a "psychic portrait." The book is filled with stunning halftones, woodcuts, vintage ads, a map, and reproductions of paintings by Woodstock artists.
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Reviews
“The 165 pages are cleverly divided into distinct sections presenting various portraits of the town from a historic, nostalgic and psychic perspective. Morover, the book's strong and sensitive use of old photographs coupled with fascinating historical data effectively transports readers into [this] charming little town.”
—Norman P. Goldman, BookPleasures.com“A fun-filled Woodstock chronicle”
—Mitchell Uscher, Times Herald-Record“Filled with delightful old photos of artists at work and play, charming woodcuts and fascinating tales told in the tone of an eager village gossip who delights in the foibles of her fellow residents, this tribute to the [town] that was and is Woodstock has a place on the bookshelf of anyone who cherishes not [just] the events that happened there but the spirit behind them. It is a celebration of indviduality and creative thought and the courage of those who pursue them without hesitation.”
—Elizabeth K. Burton, Blue Iris Journal“It Happened In Woodstock…Legendary Artifact
The book charms...as something special and apart from everything else in publishing.”
—Paul Smart, Woodstock Times
Praise
“It should easily become the standard Woodstock handbook.”
—Robert E. Carlson, musician, Woodstock artist and son of John F. Carlson“It is most unusual and stunning in format. I don't think I've ever seen so successful a use of reverse lithography.”
—Frederick R. Rinehart, publisher
About the Authors
Anita M. Smith journeyed to Woodstock, New York from her native Philadelphia, PA in 1912, with money intended for a ball gown. She quickly emerged as one of Woodstock's talented young painters, and later developed parallel careers as writer and herbalist. She is well known for her Woodstock: History and Hearsay (published in 1959), and for her numerous paintings of Woodstock, Provincetown, MA, New Hope, PA, France and Mexico. Nelle Thornton Jones Blelock, Weston Blelock and Julia Blelock adapted It Happened in Woodstock from AMS' Woodstock History and Hearsay.
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