| Bluefield in the 1940s Contributor(s): Archer, William R. Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738567175 ISBN-13: 9780738567174 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: Almost every American city enjoys a magical time in history when all the tumblers of fate, luck, hard work, and good fortune seem to fall into place, and the city enjoys a golden era. The 1940s were just such a time in the city of Bluefield. At the dawn of the decade, the United States was on the verge of entering the greatest war the world has ever known, and the coal that flowed through Norfolk and Western Railwayas Bluefield yard was destined to fuel an Allied victory. But there is so much more than war and coal at the heart of Bluefieldas story. The 1940s were a time of inspiration for men like Nobel laureate John F. Nash Jr., a time of artistic discovery for men like Joseph Dodd of Bluefield State College, a time of valor and heroism for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient S.Sgt. Junior Spurrier, and a period of success in business, arts, and professional fields for hundreds of Bluefieldas sons and daughters. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 975.402 |
| LCCN: 2008933610 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (0.85 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - West Virginia - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Almost every American city enjoys a magical time in history when all the tumblers of fate, luck, hard work, and good fortune seem to fall into place, and the city enjoys a golden era. The 1940s were just such a time in the city of Bluefield. At the dawn of the decade, the United States was on the verge of entering the greatest war the world has ever known, and the coal that flowed through Norfolk and Western Railway s Bluefield yard was destined to fuel an Allied victory. But there is so much more than war and coal at the heart of Bluefield s story. The 1940s were a time of inspiration for men like Nobel laureate John F. Nash Jr., a time of artistic discovery for men like Joseph Dodd of Bluefield State College, a time of valor and heroism for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient S.Sgt. Junior Spurrier, and a period of success in business, arts, and professional fields for hundreds of Bluefield s sons and daughters." |
Contributor Bio(s): Archer, William R.: - Images of America: Bluefield in the 1940s is the seventh regional pictorial history by local newspaperman William R. Bill Archer, senior writer at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph. |