Manchester

by Robert B. Perreault

Overview

Here, for the first time exclusively through the medium of vintage postcards, the people, streets, businesses, institutions, and recreational areas of bygone Manchester return to life. Manchester presents images of the world's largest producer of textiles, which attracted a patchwork of cultures from many lands. It tells where the first telephone conversation by a U.S. president occurred. It evokes the city that colorful individuals such as a nearly lifelong hermit, the smallest married couple in the world, a famous comic strip cartoonist, a best-selling novelist, the founders of cosmetics and fast-food empires, and a comedic superstar all called home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738537832
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/27/2005
Series:	Postcard History Series
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,047,189
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Since the mid-1970s, Robert B. Perreault has promoted his hometown's history as a writer, public speaker, tour guide, and photographer. His works of nonfiction and fiction in both English and French have appeared in book and periodical form in the United States, French Canada, and France. He teaches conversational French at Saint Anselm College.