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Tiverton and Little Compton
Contributor(s): Devin, Nancy J. (Author), Simpson, Richard V. (Author)
ISBN: 0738535516     ISBN-13: 9780738535517
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: July 1997
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt)
- Travel | United States - Northeast - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.23" W x 9.26" (0.68 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - New England
- Geographic Orientation - Rhode Island
 
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Publisher Description:

A fascinating history of Tiverton and Little Compton, documenting its historic roads, farms, life on the sea, and the daily routines of citizens.


With Tiverton and Little Compton, authors Nancy Jensen Devin and Richard V. Simpson invite you to travel historic roads, to explore late-nineteenth-century life in town, on the farm, on the sea, and at leisure. The reader will delight in sweeping views of the Sakonnet River and the Portsmouth shore from Fort Barton, and ride in a one-horse carriage down Main Road to Little Compton and the industrious fishing village at Sakonnet Point. A series of views from the Portsmouth Hummock offers a spectacular perspective of the Tiverton shore, where breakers crash majestically along the rocky coast. This narrow strip on Rhode Island's eastern flank forms one of the most peaceful, beautiful, and remote corners of the state. Readers will also observe the legacy and traditions of the Wampanoag Indians who settled this land centuries before the Puritans from Plymouth Colony.


Contributor Bio(s): Devin, Nancy J.: - In more than two hundred vintage images, including many photographs by celebrated Fall River photographer O.E. Dubois and some never-before-published images from family photo albums, Devin and Simpson present a marvelous history chronicling the area's development.