Newport News

by Jane Carter Webb

Overview

Within slightly more than 100 years, the sleepy village of Newport News has transformed itself from a sparsely populated region of watermen and farmers to a city known as one of the nation's greatest centers for shipbuilding, scientific research, Virginia history, and scenic sites. Nestled along the eastern coast of Virginia on the James River, Newport News has a colorful and dynamic history intrinsically linked to the surrounding water. As the town filled with people of great energy and enthusiasm, their hard work propelled local industry to the forefront of the city's reputation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781439629475
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/24/2003
Series:	Images of America Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	44 MB
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About the Author

In Images of America: Newport News, author Jane Carter Webb has collected over 200 historic photographs that shed light on a bygone era. These images and stories serve as a testimony to the lives and experiences of area residents past and present, from William Styron to the great physicist Nathan Isgur. Jane Carter Webb, an emeritus professor of physics and computer science at Christopher Newport University, has a long-standing love of and interest in local history. She is an active Newport News resident, has authored of numerous books, and has received four grants from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, some of which have been focused upon the region, its residents, and their relationship to the water.