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A Century After: Picturesque Glimpses Of Philadelphia And Pennsylvania, Including Fairmount, The Wissahickon, And Other Romantic Localities, With The

A Century After: Picturesque Glimpses Of Philadelphia And Pennsylvania, Including Fairmount, The Wissahickon, And Other Romantic Localities, With The

Shinn, Earl

Paperback

Civil War Period (1850-1877)General United StatesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354500080
ISBN13: 9789354500084
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 22 2021
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into Philadelphia at the height of its Victorian confidence, when riverside parks and stone streets promised a modern republic with old-world grace. Philadelphia, in ink and light. Earl Shinn guides you through broad avenues, bustling wharves, and shaded retreats, capturing a city and state alive with pride, industry, and romance. A Century After is an illustrated travelogue book and a nineteenth century pictorial of historic Philadelphia Pennsylvania and beyond. Its pages gather Philadelphia landmarks and views alongside Fairmount Park scenery and the cool, winding Wissahickon Valley landscapes, set among towns, farms, and waterways across the Commonwealth. As a vintage cityscape engraving collection, it offers a richly textured record of scenery, architecture, life, manners, and character in late 1800s America, shaped by the sensibility of Victorian illustrated America and the tradition of American picturesque travel literature. Read it for atmosphere, browse it for detail, return to it as a Pennsylvania local history reference that brings places into focus before the twentieth century remade them. For casual browsers and devoted collectors, it quietly pairs armchair wandering with the authority of period observation and engraving craft. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. An ideal gift for history lovers, it belongs on the shelf of anyone who treasures the art of place, the pull of the past, and the enduring fascination of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.

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