Objects of our affection
Subtitle: uncovering my family's past, one chair, pistol, and pickle fork at a time
By: Lisa Tracy ; selected photographs by Ginny Hillhouse
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780553807264
Subjects: Personal belongings; House furnishings; Family; Miscellanea; Families of military personnel; Souvenirs (Keepsakes); Psychological aspects; Military History; Biography
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The canton plates; title: At the bins; title: The spoils of war; title: New Jersey 2002 : the army trunk; title: The thread of memory : on the trail of the Washington chair; title: Almost famous : the pistols and the red chair; title: Lexington 1960 : southern charm; title: The auction; title: MIA : ghosts; title: Home; title: Mirrors and salt; title: The gathering.