Along the Brandywine River Contributor(s): Mowday, Bruce Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 073850940X ISBN-13: 9780738509402 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2001 Annotation: This fascinating new history of the historical river that winds through Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the upper regions of Delaware and emptying into the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware, showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available. The collected postcards show the countryside as it appeared during the Revolutionary War Battle at Brandywine through the time of nineteenth-century settlements in the region and into the twentieth century. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Antiques & Collectibles | Postcards - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
Series: Postcard History |
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.5" W x 9.26" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mowday, Bruce Edward: - Collected and interpreted by Bruce Edward Mowday, an author, journalist, and native of the Brandywine River region, the images in this informative volume provide readers with a delightful trip down a historical river that played an important role in the founding of the United States and the life of early settlers. This book brings an important period of history to life for members of every generation. |