| City at the Summit Contributor(s): Gieck, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0873389344 ISBN-13: 9780873389341 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $13.81 Product Type: DVD-Video Published: March 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Premiering at the Civic Theater in 1976, this 39-minute film was made for Akron's Sesquicentennial celebration. City at the Summit is a history of Akron from the time of its founding by Simon Perkins in 1825, through its becoming a major canal town, surviving the Great Depression, and becoming the "rubber capital of the world," ending with parades and celebrations associated with the Sesquicentennial. Jack Gieck is a retired engineer. He is past-president of the Canal Society of Ohio and founder of Cinemark, Inc., a producer of technical and historical films including the award-winning video series Ohio's Canal Era. He is the author of the popular A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913 (Kent State University Press, 1988). |