Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion

Rating:
Summary: VIRGINIA - A Guide to the Old Dominion
Review: As a history buff the title caught my interest. The thorough and precise knowledge of the writers, the b&w photos and the easy to read text makes this book a delight to own and share with younger readers. It's format featuring suggested tours, chronological data, appendices, and index give information which could be helpful to today's traveler,even though the book was written in 1940. It includes Architecture of Homes and Federal sites. Agriculture addresses the farmer's effort to supply the needs of the people. Commerce and Industry informs the reader of the many and varied ways Virginians of that age made a living. Another section on cities and towns takes one to the main thoroughfares of interest. READ IT !! AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A LOCAL HISTORY CLASS.

Rating:
Summary: VIRGINIA - A Guide to the Old Dominion
Review: As a history buff the title caught my interest. The thorough and precise knowledge of the writers, the b&w photos and the easy to read text makes this book a delight to own and share with younger readers. It's format featuring suggested tours, chronological data, appendices, and index give information which could be helpful to today's traveler,even though the book was written in 1940. It includes Architecture of Homes and Federal sites. Agriculture addresses the farmer's effort to supply the needs of the people. Commerce and Industry informs the reader of the many and varied ways Virginians of that age made a living. Another section on cities and towns takes one to the main thoroughfares of interest. READ IT !! AND THEN SHARE IT WITH A LOCAL HISTORY CLASS.