| Ashtabula Contributor(s): Borsvold, David (Author), Ashtabula Great Lakes Marine Coast Guard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738523119 ISBN-13: 9780738523118 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Photoessays & Documentaries - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: 977.134 |
| LCCN: 2002116264 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.58" W x 9.24" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Locality - Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ashtabula, Ohio has long been a major Great Lakes port city. During the peak of its harbor traffic in the early to middle 20th century, Ashtabula was a shipping and railroading boom town that thundered with the sounds of coal and iron ore transport. Immigrants from several nations came to work at the city's docks and chemical plants, creating a unique ethnic mix full of Old World heritage and traditions that gave the area its identity. Prepared in cooperation with Ashtabula Great Lakes and Coast Guard Memorial Museum, this book offers fascinating photographic images of Ashtabula ships, trains, buildings, and people, primarily from the boom era, which began in the 1870s and lasted for about a century. It concludes with a briefer look at the renaissance underway in the city today, as Ashtabula prepares to celebrate her Bicentennial along with that of the entire state of Ohio. |
Contributor Bio(s): Borsvold, David: - David Borsvold is a freelance writer and classical musician. He has written articles for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is currently at work on three books. He grew up in Northeast Ohio and lived in Cleveland for more than a decade. From 1986 to 1992 David was Conductor of the Ashtabula Chamber Orchestra. |