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The Liberty Bell Gary B. Nash
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ph F 158.8 .I3 N37 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nash, Gary B.
- Series:
- Icons of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty Bell.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 242 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2010.
- Summary:
- A serious cultural history rooted in detailed research, Nash's book explores the impetus behind the bell's creation, as well as its evolutions in meaning through successive generations. With attention to Pennsylvania's Quaker roots, he analyzes the biblical passage from Leviticus that provided the bell's inscription and the valiant efforts of Philadelphia's unheralded brass founders who attempted to recast the bell after it cracked upon delivery from London's venerable Whitechapel Foundry. --from publisher description
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- The bell becomes an icon
- On the road with the bell
- The Liberty Bell in war and peace
- Everyone's Liberty Bell.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300139365 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0300139365 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 449853877
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