ISBN: 9781606352588 - the ohio canals (9 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. From Cleveland to Portsmouth and Toledo to Cincinnati, two great canals and numerous connections and feeders laced Ohio with a thousand miles of waterways in the years before the Civil War. They were a major force in transforming Ohio from a frontier society to a leading agricultural and commercial state, but they were doomed by the arrival of the railroads. Today, they are all but vanished, except for the preservation efforts of some historical societies.The Ohio canals live again through the eye and hand of artist-historian Frank N. Wilcox. From his years of walking the canal ways and exploring the broken locks to searching old newspapers and musty records, Wilcox built this record. Through his art and writing he tells the story of canal location and construction; guides us through the intricacies of locks and their workings; and restores for todays readers the texture and flavor of this colorful era.Lynn Metzger and Peg Bobel reintroduce us to Wilcoxs classic work that pioneered todays canal preservation movement. "A pictorial survey of the Ohio canals using the drawings and paintings of Frank Wilcox supplemented by selections of text by the artist with revisions by William A. McGill." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Condizione: New. "A pictorial survey of the Ohio canals using the drawings and paintings of Frank Wilcox supplemented by selections of text by the artist with revisions by William A. McGill." Editor(s): McGill, William. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBTB; JFSL9; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 712. . 2015. Second. paperback. . . . . …

Condizione: New. "A pictorial survey of the Ohio canals using the drawings and paintings of Frank Wilcox supplemented by selections of text by the artist with revisions by William A. McGill." Editor(s): McGill, William. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBTB; JFSL9; WGGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 210 x 12. Weight in Grams: 712. . 2015. Second. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From Cleveland to Portsmouth and Toledo to Cincinnati, two great canals and numerous connections and feeders laced Ohio with a thousand miles of waterways in the years before the Civil War. They were a major force in transforming Ohio from a frontier society to a leading agricultural and commercial state, but they were doomed by the arrival of the railroads. Today, they are all but vanished, except for the preservation efforts of some historical societies.The Ohio canals live again through the eye and hand of artist-historian Frank N. Wilcox. From his years of walking the canal ways and exploring the broken locks to searching old newspapers and musty records, Wilcox built this record. Through his art and writing he tells the story of canal location and construction; guides us through the intricacies of locks and their workings; and restores for today's readers the texture and flavor of this colorful era.Lynn Metzger and Peg Bobel reintroduce us to Wilcox's classic work that pioneered today's canal preservation movement.…

Condizione: New. &Uumlber den AutorFrank N. Wilcox (1887-1964) was an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Art and was a central figure in the Cleveland School of artists. Best known for his watercolors of the rural America of his boyhood, his wor.

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