Fredericksburg

by Arcadia Publishing

Overview

Revealed in vintage postcards, this new book features a history of Fredericksburg, VA from 1728 to the present.

The city of Fredericksburg, situated on the Rappahannock River, was established in 1728 and was named for Prince Frederick of England. Today it is home to the University of Mary Washington, where civil rights leader James L. Farmer Jr. was a faculty member and Claudia Emerson, 2006 Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry, continues to be on the faculty. Though very much a modern urban city, Fredericksburg still has a historic downtown district and surrounding military parks that remind locals and visitors alike of its humble beginnings as a Colonial port town more than a century before it was ravaged during the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738543529
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	11/29/2006
Series:	Postcard History Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,068,223
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Author De'Onne C. Scott has lived in the Fredericksburg area since 1973. She has been a part-time docent at the Gari Melchers Home and Studio in Stafford, Virginia, for over six years and graduated from the University of Mary Washington with a degree in historic preservation. Most of the postcards used in this book come from her extensive personal collection.