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Historic Williamsburg : a revolutionary city / by Joanne Mattern.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Mattern, Joanne, Let's celebrate America ; | Core content libraryPublisher: South Egremont, MA : Red Chair Press, [2018]Description: 32 pages : illustrations (chielfy color) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781634402194
  • 1634402197
  • 9781634402293
  • 1634402294
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Step into the past -- An important city -- A revolutionary city -- Saving a town -- Making a museum -- A place of inspiration -- Times change -- Wiliamsburg today.
Summary: "In the 1770s before the United States was a nation, most people lived on farms. But Williamsburg in Virginia Colony was a busy town with wide streets, grand public buildings, bustling shops, and a large Market Square. Home to 2,000 people from wealthy gentry and middle class shopkeepers to poor slaves. Find out how Colonial Williamsburg today gives us a fascinating window into America's past."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 975.5425 M435 Available 33111008709269
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the 1770s before the United States was a nation, most people lived on farms. But Williamsburg in Virginia Colony was a busy town with wide streets, grand public buildings, bustling shops, and a large market square--and 2,000 people! Find out how Williamsburg today gives us a fascinating window into America's past.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

"In the 1770s before the United States was a nation, most people lived on farms. But Williamsburg in Virginia Colony was a busy town with wide streets, grand public buildings, bustling shops, and a large Market Square. Home to 2,000 people from wealthy gentry and middle class shopkeepers to poor slaves. Find out how Colonial Williamsburg today gives us a fascinating window into America's past."-- Provided by publisher.

Step into the past -- An important city -- A revolutionary city -- Saving a town -- Making a museum -- A place of inspiration -- Times change -- Wiliamsburg today.

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