Our Vanishing Landscape
- ISBN-10
- 0486436780
- ISBN-13
- 9780486436784
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 107
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-10
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Eric Sloane
Description
This book takes readers on a leisurely journey through a bygone era with fascinating accounts of canals, corduroy roads, and turnpikes, waterwheels and icehouses, colorful road signs and their painters, circus folk, and more. Brimming with anecdotes about people and the times, this delightful narrative remains a milestone of Americana. 81 black-and-white illustrations.
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