| Chesapeake, Virginia Contributor(s): Harper, Raymond (Author) |
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ISBN: 073852364X ISBN-13: 9780738523644 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 975 |
| Series: Making of America |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.8" W x 9.72" (0.87 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Virginia - Locality - Norfolk-Va. Beach, Virginia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Although fairly new on the American scene of cities, Chesapeake possesses a long history dating back to the early 1600s, when the first intrepid settlers began establishing farms on the fertile soils of Tidewater Virginia. Over the centuries, the region divided itself into larger cities, such as Norfolk and Portsmouth, a number of small towns, and rural county governments. Combating the expansion of the City of Norfolk, the leaders and citizens of South Norfolk and Norfolk County agreed to merge their governing entities in 1963 to create the new city of Chesapeake. Chesapeake, Virginia chronicles the history of the young city, nestled between the Elizabeth and Indian Rivers, and explores the various towns and villages that provide the area with its unique charm and character. From Berkley and South Norfolk to Deep Creek and Great Bridge, readers will journey into the past and hunt with the early American Indians that inhabited this lush landscape, toil with the colonial fathers as they began taming the land for future settlement, battle with the Continental troops as they defeated the British at Great Bridge, strain with the workers as they dig the historic Dismal Swamp Canal, and so on across four centuries of struggle and prosperity into the twenty-first century. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harper, Raymond: - Author and local historian Raymond L. Harper has crafted an engaging illustrated history detailing the events and people that have made and continue to make Chesapeake special in the Virginia experience. Readers of all ages will find this work a wonderful celebration, in word and image, of Chesapeake's beautiful setting and fascinating past. |