Around Dansville (Images of America) - Softcover

Cook, William R.; Huynh, Eric C.

 
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Around Dansville illustrates the history of an important and proud community. Clara Barton lived in Dansville for a decade, and the first American Red Cross chapter was founded here in 1881. The town s famous spa drew many notable Americans, and the first dry cereal and a center for healthy living were developed here. A wide range of products, including shoes of all sizes and giant boilers, were made here and shipped across the country. Around Dansville is a tribute to this rich and colorful past. Around Dansville illustrates the history of an important and proud community. Clara Barton lived in Dansville for a decade, and the first American Red Cross chapter was founded here in 1881. The town s famous spa drew many notable Americans, and the first dry cereal and a center for healthy living were developed here. A wide range of products, including shoes of all sizes and giant boilers, were made here and shipped across the country. Around Dansville is a tribute to this rich and colorful past.

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For Around Dansville, William R. Cook and Eric C. Huynh have scoured the town's treasury of old photographs, selected some 200 of the most informative ones, and presented them with precise, colorful, and sometimes witty commentary. Cook, the coauthor of Around Geneseo and author of six other books, has taught for more than 35 years at the State University of New York, Geneseo, where he is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of History. Huynh, a history major, is in his senior year at Wabash College.

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ISBN 10:  1531621864 ISBN 13:  9781531621865
Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions, 2006
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