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Craftsman of the Cumberlands : Tradition and Creativity by Michael Owen Jones; American Council of Learned Societies is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>Why do people consider aesthetic qualities as well as utilitarian ones in the making of everyday objects? Why do they maintain traditions? What is the nature of their creative process? These are some of the larger questions addressed by Michael Owen Jones in his book on craftsmen in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Kentucky. Concentrating on the work of one man, woodworker and chairmaker Chester Cornett, Jones not only describes the tools and techniques employed by Cornett but also his asp
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- Author
- Michael Owen Jones; American Council of Learned Societies
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780813190389
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Memoir, History, Crafts & Hobbies
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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