Medium Tank M4 by Terry Gander
In 1940, Abilene, Texas was just an overgrown country town of some 25,000 souls. World War I wrought a permanent change through the advent of a major army training camp housing 60,000 troops. Although the base closed at the end of the war, the city soon attracted an air force base that continued to leaven the community.Over the next seventy years, Abilene grew to be home to nearly 120,000 citizens. Population growth carried with it the need for geographic expansion, infrastructure upgrade, and economic diversification, but also unimaginable cultural change. While the retail operations of the city spread far beyond the bounds of the old business district, a historic preservation initiative changed the deteriorating downtown into a thriving and vibrant cultural center. Robert W. Sledge picks up the story of Abilene where Volume 1: The Future Great City left off and takes readers through the history of the burgeoning country town as it became a modern city. He details Abilene as the central presence of a wide region known as the Big County and places it distinctly in the modern era.
Gander, Terry: - Terry Gander is a leading authority on the history of the artillery and armored fighting vehicles of World War II and has written many books about these subjects. His most recent publication is The German 88: The Most Famous Gun of the Second World War.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780711029897 |
| ISBN 10 | 071102989X |
| Title | Medium Tank M4 |
| Author | Terry Gander |
| Series | Tanks In Detail S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Crecy Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-12-05 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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