When he grew up, John met others who had similar interests in history and they formed The Bronx County Historical Society, all the while adding to his collection of street name histories. Many years went by until the new executive director of the Bronx County Historical Society persuaded him to compile his extensive collection of notes as a book. Eventually History in Asphalt: The Origin of Bronx Street & Place Names was published. People all around the country bought it, and it has since been revised and reprinted 3 times. In 1985, The City of New York bestowed a great honor to the penultimate Bronx historian and named John McNamara Square at Calhoun and Randall Avenues. The circle of history marches on.
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good Minus dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is lightly shelfworn and edgeworn, but is overall clean and intact, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Clean textblock edges; Small bookplate to the first endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5" - 9.75" tall); 2.0 lbs; City map illustration to the dust jacket with title in black lettering on a blue background; 1984, Bronx County Historical Society; 567 pages; "History in Asphalt: The Origin of Bronx Street and Place Names, Borough of the Bronx, New York City," by John McNamara. Seller Inventory # SKU-0585AG03707043
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