A panoramic history of Rochester and Monroe County, New York

McKelvey, BLake

ISBN 10: 0897810031 / ISBN 13: 9780897810036

Published by U.S.A.: Windsor Publications, 1979

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HARDBACK BOOK IN NEAR FINE CONDITION,DUST JACKET IS VERY GOOD.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A panoramic history of Rochester and Monroe County, New York
• Publisher: U.S.A.: Windsor Publications
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897810031
• ISBN 13: 9780897810036
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • social history
  • local history

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Synopsis

Blake McElvey's Rochester: A Panoramic History tells the vital story of this city's past, present and its future prospects, starring the people who are its greatest resource. Stunning photographs and illustrations punctuate a story that has all the elements of a rousing tale: suspense, tragedy, comic relief, natural catastrophes and, finally, energetic and resilient people. Here are the industrial giants, as large as life: Hiram Sibley of Western Union, George Eastman and his "passing fad of a toy", Lewis Swift, hardware merchant and astronomer and discoverer of comets - only a few of the greats, eccentrics and ordinary people who tell the story of a city that valued quality in its products, resourcefulness in its people, and a belief in its own destiny to be one of America's finest cities."