{"product_id":"the-american-eagle","title":"The American Eagle","description":"xiii, 210 pp. \"In 1782 the First Continental Congress introduced a staunch emblem into the vocabulary of American design to symbolize the strength and independence of the new Republic--the bald eagle. Sine that time the eagle motif has penetrated on the sterns of our early ships of war, and gracing our public buildings, coins, bank notes, and even our furniture and quilts. ...This book places the bird in historical perspective, tracing its changing shape and demeanor from the Great Seal to its transformations in the vernacular American woodcarving tradition, through the brief excursion into Italian neoclassicism at the hands of Valaperta. The work and influence of the great American eagle carvers--Samuel McIntire of Salem, Mass., William Rush of Philadelphia, and John Bellamy of Kittery Point, Maine, is described and illustrated in detail.\"","brand":"New York Graphic Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31164318711878,"sku":"2295146","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1232\/9510\/products\/2295146.jpg?v=1574725585","url":"https:\/\/ym-demo.myshopify.com\/products\/the-american-eagle","provider":"Yesterday's Muse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}