Tin Men

Tin Men
Author: Archie Green
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2002
Genre: Tinsmiths
ISBN: 9780252027505


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"Crafted from sheet metal and scraps into likenesses that include clowns, knights, cowboys, and L. Frank Baum's Tin Woodman of Oz, tin men have both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. Some serve as sheet-metal shops' trade signs or prove an apprentice's competence. Others are coveted in boutiques, antique stores, and folk art museums."--BOOK JACKET.


Tin Men
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Archie Green
Categories: Tinsmiths
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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"Crafted from sheet metal and scraps into likenesses that include clowns, knights, cowboys, and L. Frank Baum's Tin Woodman of Oz, tin men have both utilitarian
Archie Green
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Sean Burns
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-01 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Archie Green: The Making of a Working-Class Hero celebrates one of the most revered folklorists and labor historians of the twentieth century. Devoted to unders
Archie Greene and the Magician's Secret
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: D. D. Everest
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-02 - Publisher: Faber & Faber

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Archie Green receives a mysterious present on his birthday. Deep within an ancient wooden box he finds an old book, written in a language he doesn't recognise.
Wobblies, Pile Butts, and Other Heroes
Language: en
Pages: 586
Authors: Archie Green
Categories: Folklore
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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In this culmination of his half-century of involvement with American workers and their traditions, Archie Green explores occupational expression - stories, song
Big Red Songbook
Language: en
Pages: 673
Authors: Archie Green
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-05-01 - Publisher: PM Press

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In 1905, representatives from dozens of radical labor groups came together in Chicago to form One Big Union—the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), known a