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|  Harry Martin Book, a Pennsylvania-Dutch landscape painter and art instructor, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and was raised and educated in Millersville, Pennsylvania. He resided in nearby Lancaster Township.
He was a 1924 Graduate of Millersville Normal School, and earned a BA in Education degree from Pennsylvania State College in 1929 and a Master's Degree of art from Columbia University. As an art instructor, he served the local school district for 35 years and retired as art supervisor. He painted landscape scenes from the Lancaster area, the Chesapeake Bay area, New England and Florida.
Submitted February 2005 by James Ioughran
Sources include:
Pennsylvania State Archives
Census, Millersville, Manor Township, 1910, 1920, 1930
Artists' Album/ Lancaster County, 1983, Gerald S. Lestz
Intelligencer Journal, Lancaster, Pa., article: Obituary of Harry M. Book of Millersville, PA, 7/29/1971.
"Who's Who in American Art", Published 1940 by The American Federation of Arts, National Headquaters, Barr Bldg, Wash. D.C., USA.
"Who's Who in American Art", Edited Dorthy B. Gilbert, Published 1956, NY, LR Bowker Co.
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