A Guide to the National Road - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0801851564 ISBN 13 : 9780801851568

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This companion volume to "The National Road" is a guide to America's first federally-funded highway. It combines geographical and historical information to take readers on a 700-mile journey through America's heartland, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Mississippi River. There are chapter-length vignettes on each of the road's seven segments, and the road is traced through landmark Maryland towns such as New Market and Frederick, before it passes, further west, Fort Necessity Battlefield in Pennsylvania. This guide leads readers down a trail blazed by Native American hunting parties and settlers' conestoga wagons, mounted cavalry and model-T Fords, and shows how the National Road offers the serious traveller a rich and rewarding experience.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karl Raitz is professor of geography at the University of Kentucky. He has edited or coauthored many books, including 'Theater of Sport,' also available from Johns Hopkins.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801851564
• ISBN 13: 9780801851568
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 400
• Éditeur: Raitz Karl B.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible