Restoring Williamsburg /
"An earlier version of this book, published in 1988, was titled Williamsburg Before and After: The Rebirth of Virginia's Colonial Capital. It explored how the Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, the rector of Williamsburg's historic Bruton Parish Church, persuaded John D. Rockefeller Jr. to inve...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
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Publisher Address: |
Williamsburg, Virginia : New Haven, CT : |
Publication Dates: | 2019. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Revised and expanded edition. |
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Summary: |
"An earlier version of this book, published in 1988, was titled Williamsburg Before and After: The Rebirth of Virginia's Colonial Capital. It explored how the Reverend W.A.R. Goodwin, the rector of Williamsburg's historic Bruton Parish Church, persuaded John D. Rockefeller Jr. to invest millions of dollars in the restoration of the eighteenth-century capital. Yet the story of the restoration, as told in the first edition of this book, was not the full story. The first edition focused on one major "before" and one major "after"--Williamsburg before and after the restoration. The creation of C |
Item Description: |
"A revised and expanded edition of Williamsburg before and after." Includes index. |
Carrier Form: | v, 290 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9780300248357 0300248350 9780879352950 0879352957 |
Index Number: | F234 |
CLC: | TU-87 |
Call Number: | TU-87/Y48/rev. ed. |