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50 great American places : essential historic sites across the U.S. / Brent D. Glass ; foreword by David McCullough.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Member Lounge Lounge E159 .G539 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glass, Brent D., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic sites--United States--Guidebooks.
- Historic sites.
- United States--History--Guidebooks.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Other Title:
- Fifty great American places
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2016.
- Contents:
- The National Mall (Washington, DC)
- Cahokia Mounds/Gateway Arch (IL/MO)
- Mesa Verde (CO)
- Palace of the Governors (NM)
- Witch Trials (MA)
- Boundary Line (DE)
- Forks of the Ohio (PA)
- Freedom Trail (MA)
- Liberty Bell (PA)
- Virginia Peninsula (VA)
- Monticello (VA)
- The Presidio at the Golden Gate (CA)
- White Dove of the Desert (AZ)
- Slater Mill (RI)
- Village Green (OH)
- Two Utopias (IN)
- Railroad University of the United States (MD)
- The Alamo (TX)
- Declaration of Sentiments (NY)
- Temple Square (UT)
- Ft. Sumter (SC)
- Gettysburg (PA)
- New Birth of Freedom (PA)
- School House and Fieldhouse (KS)
- First National Park (WY)
- Nook Farm Neighbors: Stowe and Twain (CT)
- Willa Cather and the Prairie (NE)
- LIndian Wars (MT/SD)
- The Bridge and the Statue (NY)
- Edison's Laboratory (NJ)
- World Columbian Exposition (IL)
- Biltmore House (NC)
- Taliesin (WI)
- First Flight (NC)
- Grand Central Terminal (NY)
- Birthplace of Jazz (LA)
- Legendary Hollywood: Warner Bros. Studio (CA)
- Ford River Rouge (MI)
- Will Rogers Highway (OK)
- The Mother Church of Country Music (TN)
- Hoover Dam (NV)
- Pearl Harbor (HI)
- Minidoka Camp (ID)
- Manhattan Project (WA)
- Sweet Auburn (GA)
- Central High School (AK)
- Salk Institute (CA)
- Saturn V Rocket (AL)
- Magic Kingdoms (FL)
- Silicon Valley (CA)
- Mall of America (MN).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781451682038
- 1451682034
- OCLC:
- 919202285
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