Exeter: Historically Speaking (American Chronicles) - Softcover

Rimkunas, Barbara

 
9781596294868: Exeter: Historically Speaking (American Chronicles)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1596294868 ISBN 13: 9781596294868
Verlag: HISTORY PR, 2008

Inhaltsangabe

In March 1841, as townspeople flocked to the Exeter Courthouse to view a state-of-the-art diorama of the Conflagration of Moscow, the courthouse itself went up in flames. What was dubbed the Conflagration of the Courthouse is just one of the intriguing events revisited by historian Barbara Rimkunas in this collection. Exeter was also home to a score of eccentric personalities including Dick the fire horse, whose obituary in the town paper ran longer than that of the fire chief, and the mysterious Dr. Windship, a surgeon in the American Revolution who later earned the epithet of thief, fraudster and attempted bigamist. From scandals and Scotsmen to revolutionaries and river rats, Exeter: Historically Speaking reveals the many different threads with which Exeter's vibrant historical tapestry is woven.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Barbara Rimkunas has been the curator at the Exeter Historical Society since 2000. She is the author of Exeter: Historically Speaking." She writes a bi-weekly column, "Historically Speaking, "? for the Exeter News-Letter. She began her history career as a student field researcher for the University of Maine archaeology department. She has been a member of the Girl Scouts of the USA since 1970 and is a troop leader in Exeter. She is an avid reader, knitter and bicyclist."

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Verlag
HISTORY PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2008
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1596294868
ISBN 13 
9781596294868
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
126
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