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Edgartown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riper, A. Bowdoin Van.
- Series:
- Images of America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Edgartown (Mass.).
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.).
- Edgartown (Mass.)--History.
- Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)--History.
- Massachusetts--Edgartown.
- Massachusetts--Martha's Vineyard.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2018.
- Summary:
- Founded in 1642 as Great Harbor, Edgartown is the oldest of Martha's Vineyard's six townships.It has been a shire town and a center of learning, a whaling port and a fishing village, a manufacturing center and a mecca for sportsmen.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Shire Town: 1642-1820
- 2. The World the Whalemen Made: 1820-1870
- 3. An Uncertain Future: 1870-1895
- 4. Building a Summer Resort: 1890-1920
- 5. A Changing Waterfront: 1900-1940
- 6. Learning to be Modern: 1920-1945
- 7. Welcoming the World: 1946-1975
- Bibliography
- About the Martha's Vineyard Museum.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4396-6424-2
- OCLC:
- 1132380590
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