Woodstock History and Hearsay

Prize-winning art book second edition by Anita M. Smith. According to Choice Magazine, “[the] story of this important arts community, one of the US’s oldest, is told from the sensitive perspective of Smith— painter, writer and famed herbalist who arrived in Woodstock in 1912. Her approach blends shrewd scholarship, biography and hearsay. Summing up: Recommended. All Levels.” This book was a 2007 Independent Publisher Award winner and a finalist, ForeWord 2007 Book of the Year. Hardcover, the trim size is 8.5 by 11 inches, with 335 pages, 7 maps, 170 black-and-white photos and 19 color images. Published by WoodstockArts in 2009. ISBN: 9780967926841. $37.50. (Also available from Ingram and Baker & Taylor.)