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Title	Author	# of Pages
Art, Crafts, and Architecture in Early Illinois	Betty I. Madden	297

Contents

Preface    (p. xi)
Acknowledgments    (p. xiii)

1. Art before Written History    (p. 3)
2. Map Makers and Fort Builders    (p. 15)
3. The French Settlers    (p. 23)
4. Pioneer Hunters and Spinners    (p. 37)
5. Art in the Wilderness    (p. 45)
6. Early Frontier Craftsmen    (p. 57)
7. Early Encounters with the Prairies    (p. 65)
8. Patriots and Portraits    (p. 81)
9. Yankee Influence    (p. 91)
10. Painters of the Indian    (p. 113)
11. Melting Pot Culture    (p. 125)
12. Greek Temples and Gothic Spires    (p. 137)
13. The Plight of the Artist    (p. 159)
14. Signs of a Vanished Frontier    (p. 169)
15. Jug Towns    (p. 181)
16. Nauvoo, the Utopia    (p. 195)
17. Discovering the Landscape    (p. 211)
18. Swedes on the Prairies    (p. 231)
19. End of an Era    (p. 243)

Appendix: Additional Artists Known to Have Been in Illinois    (p. 263)
Notes and Sources    (p. 269)
Index of Sources    (p. 281)
General Index    (p. 289)