Published on the occasion of the exhibition "American ABC", held at Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Feb. 1-May 7, 2006; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., July 4-Sept. 17, 2006; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, Nov. 1, 2006-Jan. 7, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and index.
Director's foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The country boy -- Daughters of liberty -- Children of bondage -- Ragamuffin -- The papoose -- The new scholar -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Exhibition checklist -- Index