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Virginia by Stagecoach / Virginia C. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Virginia C., author.
- Series:
- Transportation Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transportation--Virginia--History.
- Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (178 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, South Carolina : History Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Travel in old Virginia was many things, but it was never dull.Stagecoaches were the primary means of transport, carrying mail as well as passengers.Trips that now take hours lasted for days.Coach trips could be dangerous, and all-hands situations arose quickly.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- I. How the Stagecoach Came to Be
- II. The Royal Mail
- III. Colonial Statesmen and the Road to Revolution
- IV. Town to Town
- V. A Night at a Coaching Inn
- VI. The Golden Age of Stage Travel
- VII. An American Way of Travel
- VIII. A Visit to the Springs
- IX. Dark Reflections
- X. "If God Permits...": When Things Went Wrong
- XI. The People Who Made Stagecoaches Work
- XII. Heading South
- XIII. Roads West
- XIV. The Civil War
- XV. The End of the Line
- XVI. Traces of the Past You Can Visit Today
- Sources
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6755-1
- OCLC:
- 1111517135
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