Short History of Portland - Couverture souple

Levinsky, Allan

 
9781933212432: Short History of Portland
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1933212438 ISBN 13 : 9781933212432
Editeur : Commonwealth Editions, 2008

Synopsis

Maine's largest city is celebrated in this concise narrative history, abundantly illustrated, with a lengthy and informative timeline of key events, and featuring two dozen biographical profiles of important Portland people.Who knew so many surprises could await a reader? Destroyed by four nations, birthplace to both national heroes and villains, burned, reborn, and still building anew in the twenty-first century, one of America's most surprising small cities comes to life in this bright, brisk history.-Rep. Herb Adams, historian and Maine State Legislator

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À propos de l'auteur

Allan Levinsky, a Portland native, is a graduate of the University of Maine. He is the author of At Home with the General, about Maine's Civil War hero Joshua Chamberlain; A Short History of Portland; and The Night the Sky Turned Red, about the great Portland Fire of 1866. He works for the Maine Historical Society as a guide at the boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and has served as a volunteer for other historical organizations in Maine.

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Éditeur
Commonwealth Editions
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1933212438
ISBN 13 
9781933212432
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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