Publisher's Synopsis
This Children's version is intended to inspire the Youth to pick a new understanding, if not a renewed interest to learn a new language- and such that a portion of this book is delegated to the original tongue that was the birth language of the author & current owner of BrownHall, & Estates, NY 13072. The other; to discern from what is there/ not there & read what's in between. Such is the language of History, Historic Preservation. It needs analytical minds that would not be swayed by the forces of popular emotions, but of verifiable facts. The Story started at the time when the newest Technology was about pictures, depicted in photographic art, science and the business of that Industry. Unfortunately, as part of the challenges that besieged this Structure- by all accounts Magnificent & loved, even "lusted" [their word, not mine] to be owned by every other person around here: there is not one real daguerrotype that can be shared here of the people that played major roles in the story of this Site. Thus, in gouaches decoupes- the art of paper cutting Henri Matisse was credited for, this 154 -year-after-the- act story is ventured with the task to depict the likenesses of the men & women of Brown Hall & Estates, based on animated period clothing styles, as influenced artistically by admired artists & artisans of the craft. This book hopes to model to the young and old, the notion- that anyone and anything can be as important as one wants to. Even a discarded piece of paper can tell the story as Universally significant as this one is!
