Our Vanishing Landscape

Our Vanishing Landscape
Author: Eric Sloane
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486436780


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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.


Our Vanishing Landscape
Language: en
Pages: 114
Authors: Eric Sloane
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-01-01 - Publisher: Courier Corporation

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"Of beach plums, ramps, and Ramada Inns: a quietly sensitive eminently sensible consideration of the landscapes of our lives . . . A gift." —Kirkus Reviews Fo