On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C., fourth edition

On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C., fourth edition

by Douglas E. Evelyn, Paul Dickson
On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C., fourth edition

On This Spot: Pinpointing the Past in Washington, D.C., fourth edition

by Douglas E. Evelyn, Paul Dickson

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Overview

Now for a new generation of DC residents and visitors—a celebration of Washington, DC, its history, people, and neighborhoods—through fascinating archival photos and lively accounts.

This is not a standard guidebook. It’s a book that carries you back in time to meet the men and women who built and developed our Nation’s Capital—not just the political types, but also the spies, murderers, bartenders, and writers. Stand on the spots where they stood when historic events took place, like the Fort McNair tennis courts, the historic spot where the Lincoln assassination conspirators were hanged. See the now august buildings and landscapes through the historical perspective of the rough, dirty, unhealthy place Washington once was. Neighborhood by neighborhood and using the 19 illustrated maps in On This Spot, you can travel through Washington, DC’s history on your own.

Features the sites where:

* Important events took place
* Famous people from American history lived, worked, and died
* DC’s changing neighborhoods
* Buildings that have been lost and those that have been saved.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780918339744
Publisher: Vandamere Press
Publication date: 10/01/2010
Pages: 308
Sales rank: 1,146,295
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

PAUL DICKSON is a full-time freelance writer living in Garrett Park, Md. He has written or co-authored more than 45 books, including two recent books on American history both set primarily in Washington: Sputnik: The Shock of the Century and The Bonus Army—An American Epic (with Thomas B. Allen).

DOUGLAS E. EVELYN retired in 2005 after 36 years at the Smithsonian where he served consecutively as deputy director of the National Portrait Gallery, American History, and American Indian museums. He’s been a student of Washington history since his arrival in the city in 1963, and is currently a museum consultant and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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