Williamsburg: A Seasonal Sampler - Hardcover

Doody, David M.; Tate, Thad W.; Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879351659 ISBN 13: 9780879351656

Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1996

Synopsis

Intriguing, full-color photographs by David M. Doody, photographic services manager at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, capture the special appeal of Williamsburg in every season of the year. Focusing on the cycle of the seasons, Doody photographed the glory of springtime blossoms and flowering trees, the agricultural tasks to be accomplished in the heat of a Tidewater summertime, the heightened pace that autumn brings, and the tranquility of soft, white, wintertime snows. Williamsburg: A Seasonal Sampler ends with the excitement of Christmas in the capital of colonial Virginia. The text is by historian Thad W. Tate, who wites that -the seasons of the year, with their many variations in climate and appearance of the landscape, have always played a significant, even indispensable, role in people's lives. For colonial Virginians, the cycle of the seasons continued to shape much in their daily lives -their work, their recreation, and even their conduct of public affairs -around the differing conditions each season imposed. According to Tate, -The striking photographs that are the principal feature of this volume provide evidence that our forebears, too, had developed a keen appreciation of the ever-changing beauty of the seasons.

About this title

About the Author:

Dave Doody produces much of the photography for books and other materials published by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He was the principal photographer for the 1607: Jamestown and the New World; Link to the Past, Bridge to the Future: Colonial Williamsburg's Animals; and The Gardens of Colonial Williamsburg among many others. Doody is a member of the American Society of Media Photographers. Thad Tate is Murden Professor of Humanities Emeritus at the College of William and Mary and former director of the Institute of Early American History and Culture. From 1954 to 1961 he was a member of the research staff at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He is the author of The Negro in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg, coauthor of Colonial Virginia: A History, and coeditor and contributor to The Chesapeake in the Seventeenth Century: Essays in Anglo-American Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0879351659
• ISBN 13: 9780879351656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1