Remembering Delaware by Ellen Rendle

Remembering Delaware by Ellen Rendle

Dela-where? is a joke that all too often hits a nerve with residents of the second smallest state, but Dela-here is a great place to be--amid all the big cities of the Eastern Seaboard but just far enough from the beaten path to have its own unique identity. With a selection of fine historic images from her best-selling book, Historic Photos of Delaware, Ellen Rendle provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the growth and development of Delaware in Remembering Delaware. This collection of photographs celebrates the First State's history with an eclectic mix of rural and urban, from the rolling hills and swift streams of New Castle County to the flat and rich agricultural lands of Kent and Sussex counties to the enduring beauty of the beach communities of the Atlantic Coast. Subjects range from horse-drawn farm machinery and black powder wagons to the celebratory openings of the Delaware Memorial and the Chesapeake Bay bridges. Years of growth and growing pains are buoyed with proud and happy moments at ship christenings, the Delmarva Chicken Festival, and cultural achievements. A tour of Remembering Delaware is sure to provide an illuminating and fond journey back into the state's rich history.

Rendle, Ellen: - In this new volume of visual history, authors Ellen Rendle and Constance J. Cooper have selected images from the Historical Society of Delaware's Postcard Collection to illustrate the state's unique past. Whether strolling along the beaches of resort towns such as Rehoboth Beach and Oak Orchard, sailing down the Mispillion and Broadkill Rivers, or wandering the streets of Lincoln and Townsend, readers of all ages are sure to delight in this entertaining tour through the singular history of Delaware.

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ISBN 13	9781683368267
ISBN 10	1683368266
Title	Remembering Delaware
Author	Ellen Rendle
Series	Remembering
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Turner Publishing Company
Year published	2010-10-14
Number of pages	134
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