Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown: The Official Guide to America's Historic Triangle
by Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
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Author: Colonial Williamsburg FoundationEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-28
ISBN: 0879352302
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: John F. Blair Publisher
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Book Review: Perfect official guide to the area
Summary: 5 Stars
There are a few things potential readers (and travelers) should know. Anyone who has been to Williamsburg knows that the hackneyed comparisons to Disney World are complete rubbish. The town, the people who live in it, and the actors and craftsmen who create it, are magnificently authentic and dreadfully earnest. This is no fashion show, but the seat of New World democracy in the South. It's a beautiful and fascinating place, captured in its splendor in this well-refined guide.
Now, this book is an "official" travel guide. That means a few things. First, it means that it's intended generally for tourists and travelers, not for serious scholars, architectural historians or colonial historians. It is NOT an architectural survey of the towns and plantations. It is also not a deeply penetrating study of the American Revolution. It's a perfectly balanced portrait of the historic triangle for the unfamiliar. In this capacity, you will not find a better publication. The book is also "official" in that it's written and published by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, and includes a slight (but not overpowering) marketing tone. There's no critical or editorial element to the writing.
Well illustrated with historic maps, portraits, building photographs and "action" shots, and written in an easily accessible narrative style, this book will point you in the direction of the important locations and personalities. It will make sure that you leave those locations and personalities with a better understanding of how truly important they were (and are) to the development of the United States. The United States were no accident or experiment, but a deliberate creation based on a sound, rational foundation. That foundation was, substantially, created here.
The book includes excursions to Norfolk, Richmond, and Charlottesville as well. If you're travelling to the historic triangle, or you're simply missing it from previous visits, this is the book you want.
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Summary of Jamestown, Williamsburg, Yorktown: The Official Guide to America's Historic Triangle
Just in time for the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation offers its own comprehensive guide to Virginia's "Historic Triangle." It was in 1607 at Jamestown that John Smith and his fellow Englishmen established the first permanent settlement in North America. It was here that Smith met Pocahontas, that the first representative assembly in the New World convened, and that the first African slaves arrived. Just a few miles down the road is Williamsburg, where men like George Washington, Patrick Henry, George Mason, and Thomas Jefferson conceived a new nation. The third point in the Triangle, also just a few miles away, is Yorktown, where French and American troops under Washington's command forced the British surrender and won the nation's independence. If you are among the millions who will visit in 2007 and beyond, this lively and lavishly illustrated guide will tell you everything you need to know about the places where America was born, along with all the practical information you'll need to make the most of your trip.General Books
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