| Remembering Old Abington: The Collected Writings of Martha Campbell Contributor(s): Cann, Donald (Editor), Galluzzo, John J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 159629390X ISBN-13: 9781596293908 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 974.482 |
| LCCN: 2007041970 |
| Series: American Chronicles |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: During the early 1800s, Abington s Smith and Shaw boys brawled their way to area fame. Legendary bare-knuckle boxer John L. Sullivan settled in Abington in the early 1900s. And on August 16, 1893, the community s combative reputation was permanently cemented when over two thousand men fought in a pitched battle, the infamous Railroad Riot, over a railroad s disputed right of way through downtown. In Remembering Old Abington, editors Donald Cann and John J. Galluzzo have painstakingly sifted through the best of Abington historical columnist Martha Campbell s body of work to brilliantly recreate dramatic and colorful times in Abington, Rockland and Whitman. From shoemaking entrepreneurs to banking magnates, from historic properties and devastating fires to heated political controversies, each chapter delivers a full and lively depiction of colonial and nineteenth-century life." |