Silent Cities: San Francisco chronicles the impact of cemeteries on American cities through the gold-rush development of San Francisco: the relocation of existing cemeteries and prohibition of burials within the city limits at the turn of the century, spawning America's first necropolis, the tiny town of Colma, and the culture of a place where ......
ISBN-13: 9781493056460
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Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
A Guide to the Sunshine State's Museums, Galleries, Arts Districts and Colonies
A visual guide to approximately 20 Florida art colonies and districts. The book will discuss in detail a variety of towns in Florida renowned as "Art Colonies," together with several "Arts Districts" in both small towns and larger cities that have been designated by the local government and/or by developers as neighborhoods set aside to foster the ......
Exploring the State's Favorite, Unique, Historic, and Delicious Foods
Pennsylvania is filled with all sorts of unique and delicious foods. Historic dishes like scrapple and buckwheat cakes form part of an edible record. Smoked sausages, fried noodles, and the component parts of a pizza are all history on a plate.
ISBN-13: 9781493055715
(Paperback)
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT Imprint: TAYLOR TRADE PUBLISHING
The Rocky Mountains are renowned for rugged grandeur, but the rivers flowing off the peaks are just as extraordinary in their beauty, nature, and allure
A Tour of the District's Top 50 National Landmarks
Landmarks are the Touchstones of the Meandering Traveler From the sites where American democracy was born, to unique archive collections, art galleries, and architectural must-sees in the middle of this bustling city, Washington, DC is home to 75 National Historic Landmarks.
In The Carpathians, Patrice M. Dabrowski narrates how three highland ranges of the mountain system found in present-day Poland, Slovakia, and Ukraine were discovered for a broader regional public. This is a story of how the Tatras, Eastern Carpathians, and Bieszczady Mountains went from being terra incognita to becoming the popular tourist ......
Thoroughly updated and revised, this fourth edition of Hiking Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks covers over fifty hikes in the two featured parks as well as the surrounding areas--Cedar Breaks National Monument, the Markagunt high country, and the Paunsaugunt area.
Unique visual exploration of this glorious corner of England Let this new collection of over 400 stunning, full colour photographs of Kent & Sussex guide you around these beautiful counties. Kent and Sussex are some of the most prosperous and cosmopolitan counties outside London. They are also some of the sunniest. If that is not a good ......