Object Title
The Sudbury Region: An Illustrated History
Object Name
Book
Artist/Maker
Graeme S. Mount
Date Made
1986
Materials
Paper --Plastic
Catalogue Number
2010.034.010
Dimensions

a- Length: 28.6 cm x Width: 22.0 cm x Height: 1.8 cm
b- Length: 28.8 cm x Width: 61.5 cm

Description

a- This is a brown hardcover book. The front cover is plain. The spine has gold text that reads, "The Sudbury Region Mount" with a logo of several gold bars. The back cover is plain. The book is a social history of Sudbury and the region surrounding it. The book has six chapters, a conclusion and a final chapter that contains the list of partners in progress, the list of patrons, bibliography, and index. The introduction says, cheekily, the book aims to explain why people would live in Sudbury by choice. b- This is a book jacket. The front panel has a painted scene of a river and forest. There is red text that reads, "The / Sudbury / Region" and white text in a red bubble that reads, "An Illustrated History by Graeme S. Mount" .The spine is blue with red and white text that reads, "The Sudbury Region Mount" with a logo of several white bars. The back panel is blue, with a white border. There is red and white text that tributes the art on the front cover to Albert Klussmann. The ISBN number is on the lower right corner. The front flap of the jacket is a summary of the book, with a small note at the bottom crediting the jacket design to J. R. Vasquez. The back flap has an author portrait and an "About the Author" section. It also has a photography of the picture researcher, and a paragraph about him. There is also a photo of the business historian, with a blurb about him.