Mitchell Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic

A Guide for All Ages
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4214-1515-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explore the historic landscape of the mid-Atlantic with this family-friendly guide.

Winner of the Society for American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism 2016 Gold Award in the Guidebook Category

Few regions of the United States boast as many historically significant sites as the mid-Atlantic. Travels through American History in the Mid-Atlantic brings to life sixteen easily accessible historical destinations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, D.C., the Potomac Valley, and Virginia.

Charles W. Mitchell walked these sites, interviewed historians and rangers, and read the letters and diaries of the men and women who witnessed—and at times made—history. He reveals in vivid prose the ways in which war, terrain, weather, and illness have shaped the American narrative. Each attraction, reenactment, and interactive exhibit in the book is described through the lens of the American experience, beginning in the colonial and revolutionary eras, continuing through the War of 1812, and ending with the Civil War. Mitchell contrasts the ornate decor of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, for example, with the passionate debates that led to the Declaration of Independence, and the tranquil beauty of today's Harpers Ferry with the trauma its citizens endured during the Civil War, when the town six times fell to opposing forces.

Excerpts from eyewitness accounts further humanize key moments in the national story. Hand-drawn maps evoke the historical era by depicting the natural features that so often affected the course of events.

This engaging blend of history and travel will appeal to visiting tourists, area residents seeking weekend diversions, history buffs, and armchair travelers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Charles W.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mitchell, Elizabeth Church

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Regional- & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown
2. St. Mary's City
3. Fort Frederick
4. Independence National Historical Park
5. Valley Forge
6. Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
7. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
8. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
9. Harpers Ferry
10. Civil War Richmond
11. Antietam
12. Civil War Washington
13. Gettysburg
14. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania
15. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
16. Petersburg and the Road to Appomattox
Side Trips
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell, Charles W.
Charles W. Mitchell, a Marylander by birth and by choice, is a writer descended from a congressman, a pirate, and two Confederate officers who appear in the pages of this book. The ancestors of his wife, Betsy, include eleven Union soldiers, Pennsylvanians all. Charley and Betsy, and their two children, Abbie and Alec, live in Lutherville, Maryland.

Mitchell, Elizabeth Church
Elizabeth Church Mitchell lives in an eighteenth-century stone farmhouse in Parkton, Maryland with her husband Charles W. Mitchell.

Charles W. Mitchell is the editor of Maryland Voices of the Civil War, also published by Johns Hopkins, winner of the Founders Award from the Museum of the Confederacy. A former travel writer for the Baltimore Sun, he and his wife, Elizabeth Church Mitchell, live in an eighteenth-century stone farmhouse in Parkton, Maryland.