Historic Photos of Wilmington

206 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

For a century after its incorporation in 1740, Wilmington, North Carolina remained a sleepy port city. Then, the coming of steam-power, especially railroad and steamship, enabled a steady growth. War, whether the Civil War with its blockade-runners or the shipbuilding born of the world conflicts of the 1900s, brought more growth. With that expansion came, of course, growing pains. The story of Wilmington, North Carolina is a story of rivers, sounds, and sea, and of a city that grew near the places where those waters mingled. It is the story of a port that became the "Lifeline of the Confederacy” as well as the lifeline of a state. And in this case, it is the story of over a hundred years of history (1860s to 1970s) told through almost two hundred photographs-the captured essences of people and events now lost.

• Reihe: Turner
• ISBN: 9781596524422
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.05.2008
• Größe: 254 x 262 mm
• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company