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Fort Hunter Mansion and Park : a guide / Carl A. Dickson.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks UPA/PAM F 159 .H3 D53 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickson, Carl.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fort Hunter Mansion and Park (Harrisburg, Pa.)--Guidebooks.
- Fort Hunter Mansion and Park (Harrisburg, Pa.).
- Harrisburg Region (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Guidebooks.
- Harrisburg Region (Pa.).
- Fort Hunter Mansion and Park (Harrisburg, Pa.)--History.
- Harrisburg Region (Pa.)--History.
- Fort Hunter Mansion and Park (Harrisburg, Pa.)--Pictorial works.
- Buildings.
- Pennsylvania--Harrisburg--Fort Hunter Mansion and Park.
- Pennsylvania--Harrisburg Region.
- Genre:
- Guidebooks.
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 59 pages : illustrations (some color), map (some color) ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, ©2002.
- Summary:
- Fort Hunter is a fascinating historic site near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with a history that spans from the French and Indian War to the Industrial Revolution. The guidebook places the site in the context of a changing America and touches on themes of tavern society, slavery, agricultural decline, the transportation boom, industrial growth, and early historic preservation, concluding with a full-color tour of the mansion and other buildings at the site.
- Contents:
- The Frontier and the Fort, 1650-1787
- The Building of a Plantation, 1787-1870
- The Pleasures of Victorian Country Life, 1870-1933
- The Making of a Museum and Park, 1933 Forward
- Visiting the Mansion and Park.
- ISBN:
- 0811727572
- 9780811727570
- OCLC:
- 47297677
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