Title:
Dark Trees to the Wind
Accession#:
2008.09.24
Pubication Date:
[1949]
Object ID:
BK—0306
Collection:
College of Life Foundation — Book Collection
Author:
Carmer, Carl
Summary:
This is the complete book by Carl Carmer.
Carmer, Carl. Dark Trees to the Wind. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1949.
Chapter 14 (pp. 260 – 289) "The Great Alchemist at Utica" is the story of the author's visit to the Estero in the 1940's to meet the remaining Koreshans. The members related to him the story of the community, in particular Teed's "Illumination". He was visited by an angel and was directed "to redeem the human race." This visitation led to Teed developing the Koreshan Unity. Daily life of members of the settlement and the evolution of the settlement are also presented.
Carmer, Carl. Dark Trees to the Wind. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1949.
Chapter 14 (pp. 260 – 289) "The Great Alchemist at Utica" is the story of the author's visit to the Estero in the 1940's to meet the remaining Koreshans. The members related to him the story of the community, in particular Teed's "Illumination". He was visited by an angel and was directed "to redeem the human race." This visitation led to Teed developing the Koreshan Unity. Daily life of members of the settlement and the evolution of the settlement are also presented.
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Notes:
Note: This record is for the BOOK. AC—0034 is a record for the excerpt of the Koreshan chapter only. The book was obtained in 2008 from the "College of Life" collection.
We have two (2) copies. The book is signed in both copies — one to Claude Rahn and one to Laurie Bubbett. There is a picture of him next to the Founder's Home in 1963. (Rahn copy).
Carl Carmer, originally from Dryden, New York, lived in Tuscaloosa from 1927 to , where he was a professor at the University of Alabama. He published several books, including a volume of poems. His memoir, Stars Fell On Alabama, was a non—fiction bestseller in 1935.
Author(s): Carmer, Carl Lamson, 1893—
Publication: New York, W. Sloane Associates
Year: 1949
Description: xiv, 370 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language: English
Contents: pt. 1. "It lies nice to the morning sun": New York State is a country. Hometown revisited. The next happiest man in the world. "I am a Cayuga". Tisri, 5586 —— pt. 2. Told under the first star: The Fowlers, practical phrenologists. t The Irish Wonder and the Swedish Nightingale. Yorker turned whaler. Hanging day. The white woman of the Genesee —— pt. 3. The banners of Onondaga: The big eat—all dinner. "Creature of a high wrought fancy" —— pt. 4. Instruments of salvation: The famous female somniloquist. The great alchemist at Utica —— pt. 5. People and ghosts: Picker turned Yorker. The lavender evening dress. Three crops. The whooper swan of Olivebridge. Green Valley Grange. Afterwords.
Standard No: LCCN: 49—11791
SUBJECT(S)
Geographic: New York (State) —— History.
Note(s): "Sources consulted": p. 365—370.
Class Descriptors: LC: F119; Dewey: 974.7
Responsibility: decorations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19740219
Update: 20040406
Accession No: OCLC: 807877
Database: WorldCat
cf. AC—0034
We have two (2) copies. The book is signed in both copies — one to Claude Rahn and one to Laurie Bubbett. There is a picture of him next to the Founder's Home in 1963. (Rahn copy).
Carl Carmer, originally from Dryden, New York, lived in Tuscaloosa from 1927 to , where he was a professor at the University of Alabama. He published several books, including a volume of poems. His memoir, Stars Fell On Alabama, was a non—fiction bestseller in 1935.
Author(s): Carmer, Carl Lamson, 1893—
Publication: New York, W. Sloane Associates
Year: 1949
Description: xiv, 370 p. illus. 22 cm.
Language: English
Contents: pt. 1. "It lies nice to the morning sun": New York State is a country. Hometown revisited. The next happiest man in the world. "I am a Cayuga". Tisri, 5586 —— pt. 2. Told under the first star: The Fowlers, practical phrenologists. t The Irish Wonder and the Swedish Nightingale. Yorker turned whaler. Hanging day. The white woman of the Genesee —— pt. 3. The banners of Onondaga: The big eat—all dinner. "Creature of a high wrought fancy" —— pt. 4. Instruments of salvation: The famous female somniloquist. The great alchemist at Utica —— pt. 5. People and ghosts: Picker turned Yorker. The lavender evening dress. Three crops. The whooper swan of Olivebridge. Green Valley Grange. Afterwords.
Standard No: LCCN: 49—11791
SUBJECT(S)
Geographic: New York (State) —— History.
Note(s): "Sources consulted": p. 365—370.
Class Descriptors: LC: F119; Dewey: 974.7
Responsibility: decorations by John O'Hara Cosgrave II.
Document Type: Book
Entry: 19740219
Update: 20040406
Accession No: OCLC: 807877
Database: WorldCat
cf. AC—0034
Object Name:
Book
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Phys Desc:
xiv, 370 p. illus. 22 cm.
Publisher:
William Sloane Associates,
Publication Place:
New York:
Subjects:
Fort Myers Fla.——History
Koreshan Unity ——History
Estero Fla.
New York State——History
Koreshan Unity ——History
Estero Fla.
New York State——History
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Carl Carmer in Estero 1963
Carl Carmer and wife in Estero Jan 1963
Book Review in New York Times
Hewig Michel mention of Carmer Book
Carl Carmer in Estero 1963
Carl Carmer and wife in Estero Jan 1963
Book Review in New York Times
Hewig Michel mention of Carmer Book