The History of the Greenbrier : America's resort / by Robert S. Conte.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conte, Robert S.

Contributor:

Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Culinary Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.)--History.

Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.).

White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)--History.

White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.).

White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.)--Social life and customs.

Penn Provenance:

Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

vii, [1], 183, [1] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits ; 29 cm

Edition:

Revised and expanded third printing

Place of Publication:

Charleston, West Virginia : Published for the Greenbrier by Pictorial Histories Publishing Co., 1994.

Contents:

The Indian Legend of White Sulphur Springs

The Lure of a Wilderness Spring

Agreeable Society in a Mountain Garden

The Good Doctor and his Good Friends

Summer Capital of the Old South

Confederate Troops, Confederate Memories

Railroading the Belles to the Ball

A New Palace and a New Sport

Diplomats and Doctors, Draper and the Duke

Opulent Americana in a Splendid Setting.

Notes:

First Printing: November 1989 ... Revised and expanded Third printing: July 1994.

"All of the photographs and artwork in this book, except where noted in captions, are from the Greenbrier's Archives or Public Relations Department."

Includes bibliographical references (pages180-181) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.

Kislak copy has dust jacket retained.

ISBN:

0929521145

OCLC:

1342532111