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Boathouse row : waves of change in the birthplace of American rowing / Dotty Brown.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating GV796 .B63 2016
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Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection GV796 .B63 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Dotty, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rowing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--History.
- Rowing.
- Rowing--United States--History.
- Architecture, Victorian--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Architecture, Victorian.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii,273 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2017, [2016]
- Contents:
- Before Boathouse Row: First There Was a Dam
- Thomas Eakins: In the Heyday of Rowing, a Young Artist Paints His Friends
- Frank Furness: Architectural One-upmanship Remakes the Row
- John B. Kelly: An Irish Bricklayer Builds a Legend and Legacy
- Tom Curran and Joe Burk: The Collegiate Calling of Two American Champions
- Ernestine Bayer: Women and Their Fight for the Right to Row
- The "Vesper Eight": A Motley Crew Vies for an Olympic Berth
- Edward T. Stotesbury: The Forgotten Forces of High School Rowing
- The Schuylkill Navy and the Clubs of Boathouse Row.
- Notes:
- Book was released in November 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Some copies gift of the publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781439912829
- 1439912823
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