Homespun and heartfelt; REVIEW: A smart new book celebrates the charming folk art of Grandma Moses.(ENTERTAINMENT) From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: December 10, 2006| Author: Abbe, Mary | COPYRIGHT 2006 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Mary Abbe; Staff Writer

For Americans of a certain age, the name Grandma Moses brings a smile to the heart and memories of charming images: sledding children, horse-drawn sleighs, farmers chasing the Thanksgiving turkey, maple sugaring, fresh-plowed fields and rolling hills folding together under pink-tinged skies. Anna Mary Robertson (Grandma) Moses was born in 1860 on a farm near Greenwich, N.Y., in a valley nestled up against the Vermont border. She grew up t...

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