With warmth and accuracy, Arthur D. Pierce tells the story of the years when iron was king, and around it rose a rustic feudal economy. There were glass factories, paper mills, cotton mills, and brickmaking establishments. Here, too, were men who made those years exciting: Benedict Arnold and his first step toward treason; Charles Read, who dreamed of an empire and died in exile; Revolutionary heroes and heroines, privateers, and rogues. The author's vivid pictures of day-to-day life in the old iron communities are based ...
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With warmth and accuracy, Arthur D. Pierce tells the story of the years when iron was king, and around it rose a rustic feudal economy. There were glass factories, paper mills, cotton mills, and brickmaking establishments. Here, too, were men who made those years exciting: Benedict Arnold and his first step toward treason; Charles Read, who dreamed of an empire and died in exile; Revolutionary heroes and heroines, privateers, and rogues. The author's vivid pictures of day-to-day life in the old iron communities are based upon careful research. This book proves that the human drama of documented history belies any notion that fiction is stranger than truth.
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VG- in na jacket. Some rubbing & edgewear some creases; few scratches; some duststaining on edges; yellowing; otherwise overall clean & tight. 244 pages.
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GOOD. 5 1/2 X 8. Iron in the Pines The Story of New Jersey's Ghost Towns and Bog Iron. Paperback in good condition with wear and creasing to spine some fading; illustrated; index _PAB_
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JOHN C. SINCLAIR. FAIR. JACKET: TORN DJ. 5X8. Previous owners stamp scattered on some pages; map illustrated on front and back free end pages; yellowing pages; cover board discolored along edges; dust jacket torn, creased with tears and chipping along edges otherwise the colored pictorial dust jacket in fair condition; _PAB_
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GOOD. 5X8. General shelf wear, cover is sunned around the outer edges and spine, ex-library markings throught out, map endpapers, unmarked text, clean pages and body, good binding _PAB_
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Good. Tight, uncreased spine, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, small spots on bottom closed page edges, creased, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Good. Signed Copy Collectible-Good. Acceptable dust jacket. Signed by author on half title page. Covers sunned. Page edges foxed. (ghost towns, historic sites, new jersey, iron industry and trade )