See "Quilt Me a Story" by Susan Meeske concerning the importance of quilts to story telling
See examples of Harriet Powers' Story Quilts here
See examples of Harriet Powers' Story Quilts here
See Review of Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston by Maurie D. McInnis. The review summarizes McInnis's arguement: "the city's destruction was in large part rooted in both the material and rhetorical arrogance of its past."
See "Historical Fiction Writers Research Blog" for a variety of information on 19th C Antebellum period in American
See images of quilts in The Quilts of Harriet Powers by Mary Lyons
See "Quilt Me a Story" by Susan Meeske concerning the importance of quilts to story telling