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Legendary Locals of Asheville
Kevan D. Frazier
出版Arcadia Publishing, 2014-10-20
主題Travel / United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)Photography / Subjects & Themes / RegionalHistory / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
ISBN14396478609781439647868
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=sNo8BQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Like all great cities, Ashevilles story is one of people, not institutions or industries. For more than two centuries, deep in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, extraordinary women and men have created a truly unique American city. Legendary Locals of Asheville tells the stories of the people who founded, built, and rebuilt Asheville. From the first woman elected to state office in the South, who won her primary before women had the right to vote, to the grandson of a famed railroad magnate who built a 250-room chateau that became the largest home in America, to the entrepreneur who helped ignite the citys renaissance when he risked opening an art gallery downtown when most of it was still boarded up, Ashevillians are an amazing lot. Likewise, there are stories of extraordinary groups like the renowned faculty of an experimental college that redefined the American arts or the brave high school students who joined together to fight segregation. Their stories are as touching and fascinating as they are varied.