Celebrating the gritty reality and color of the city, this lively guide locates the sites where important, or just fascinating, events took place, where figures from American history lived, worked, and died. Includes more than 125 photos from public and private collections.
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This travel guide, written by two longtime residents of the nation's capital, also serves as a popular history of the area. Each easy-to-read description provides an informative piece of the area's history. The authors' accounts of street and mall lore add interesting diversions. The highly entertaining guide is not made up of dry, dull facts, but of colorful items like the "House of the Body-Snatchers" on New Jersey Avenue or "Temperance Fountain" at Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th Street. This is a wonderful source of historical information for the browser as well as a traveler's goldmine. Recommended.
- Lorene Nemecek, Marlboro Cty. Lib., Bennettsville, S.C.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Lorene Nemecek, Marlboro Cty. Lib., Bennettsville, S.C.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Don't visit DC without this book!,
This review is from: On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
What a great book! It is refreshing to read a historical guide that doesn't take itself too seriously. On This Spot brings the sights and history to life for us transplated Washingtonians. While the book can be used as a walking tour guide, it can just as easily take you on a tour through history from your living room. Makes me feel like I am in Washington again!
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Little Trivia Book,
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This review is from: On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C. (Paperback)
I LOVE THIS BOOK!! i love learning about the little trivia type things. And this one is full of them. Now I just want the same thing for other cities.
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This book is wonderful. There are places pointed out in this book that are not pointed out anywhere else. If you are going or live in DC please buy this book and use it as you walk around.
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