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America in 1876 : the way we were / by Lally Weymouth, designed by Milton Glaser.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E661 .W47 1976
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weymouth, Lally.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Exhibitions.
- United States--History--1865-1898.
- United States.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Centennial Exhibition.
- Exhibitions--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 320 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Vintage Books, 1976.
- Summary:
- AN ILLUSTRATED TOUR OF THE U.S. IN THE MOMENTOUS TIMES THAT SEPARATED WHAT WE HAD BEEN FROM WHAT WE WERE TO BECOME.
- Contents:
- The exhibition of 1876
- The Western Empire : General Custer and the Battle of Little Big Horn
- Washington
- The stolen election
- The plight of the poor and the Rise of American labor
- The great fortunes and the Rise of high society
- P.T. Barnum : The greatest showman on earth
- Tom Sawyer : The publication of a classic.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-320).
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has marks and annotations throughout
- Athenaeum copy: Dornsife/VSA.
- ISBN:
- 0394716167
- 9780394716169
- OCLC:
- 1973963
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