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Eldorado Found

The Central Pennsylvania Highlands; A Tourist's Survey

Autor: Henry W. Shoemaker

Język:

Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Pennsylvania State University Press

Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy

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In this 1917 guidebook from the pre-automobile era, Henry Shoemaker breaks from his typical literary...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Henry W. Shoemaker

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2013

strony

294

EAN

9780271060385

ISBN

0271060387

Enbook ID

04564877

Wydawca

Pennsylvania State University Press

Waga

363

Wymiary

140 x 216 x 21

Pełny opis

In this 1917 guidebook from the pre-automobile era, Henry Shoemaker breaks from his typical literary-folklore subjects to chronicle the natural and social landscapes of central Pennsylvania. The reader is introduced to the wildlife and the geographic features of Clinton, Centre, Mifflin, Union, Lycoming, Cameron, and Snyder Counties through Shoemaker's detailed narration and anecdotal notes. A staunch opponent of automobile tourism, Shoemaker urges his readers to avoid this "deadly, soul destroying machine . . . fatal to the lover of scenery or the naturalist." As most roads of the time were not suitable for travel by automobile, this volume gives the modern reader a glimpse into the touring norms of the early twentieth century-on foot, by carriage, or on horseback. In the text, Shoemaker points to supposed locations for numerous legends found in his collected works. Heavily illustrated with scenic turn-of-the-century photographs, Eldorado Found brings central Pennsylvania's history to life.