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Mount Pleasant
Contributor(s): Cherkasky, Mara (Author)
ISBN: 073854406X     ISBN-13: 9780738544069
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2007
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa)
- Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical
- Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional)
Dewey: 975.3
LCCN: 2006936426
Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)
Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.85" W x 9.22" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Geographic Orientation - District of Columbia
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
- Locality - Washington, D.C.
 
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Publisher Description:
Mount Pleasant Samuel P. Brown must have thought the name perfect when he chose it for his country estate on a wooded hill overlooking Washington City. The name also suited the New Englanders who settled in the village that Brown founded near Fourteenth S

Contributor Bio(s): Cherkasky, Mara: - Author Mara Cherkasky, a Washington, D.C., historian and writer, presents photographs, maps, and other images to illustrate the many chapters in this fascinating neighborhood s history.