Author: Dibner, Martin, signed and inscribed by author,
Title: Portrait of Paris Hill: the chronicle of a small New England shire town, its rise and fall, and its coming of age.
Description: Paris Hil, Paris Hill, Press, (1990). 1st edition. G lg sz PB (cover edge wear). Author Dibner had a professional career art that was interupted by war-time duties (1942-45). His experiences as an. anti-aircraft gunnery officer aboard a cruiser in the Aleutians and an anti-aircraft carrier in the South Pacific revealed to him the stress and emotions of men at sea under harsh weather and combat conditions, so at war's end he turned to writiing about it. Dibner was appointed the first executive director of the California Arts Co mmissin in 1964 and founding director of the Joan Whitney Payson Gallery of Art in 1972.

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