Legendary Locals of Montclair: New Jersey

Shepard, Elizabeth/ Farrelly, Mike

ISBN 10: 1467100536 / ISBN 13: 9781467100533

Verlag: Arcadia Pub, 2013

128 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.31 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1467100536

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In the 1870s, railroads transformed Montclair from a rural retreat to a haven for influential businessmen and artists. They came for the orderly government, excellent schools, flourishing churches, able physicians, and attractive families. Actress Laura Keene sought the area's healthy atmosphere after contracting tuberculosis. Civil War hero Dr. J.J.H. Love was influential in organizing the first hospital. Other Civil War notables include Medal of Honor recipient Abram Haring and Gen. John C. Tidball. After famed painter George Inness made Montclair his home, dozens of artists came to be near him and share his influences. Today's roster of artists continues to be amazing: Oliver Lake, Frankie Faison, Horace Ott, George Walker, Olympia Dukakis, and Louis Zorich. Legendary Locals of Montclair shares the inspiring tales of songwriter Herman Hupfeld; Lucy Stone, founder of the American Suffrage Association; medical pioneers Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell; pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick; violin maker Carleen Hutchins; astronaut Buzz Aldrin; inventor Carleton Ellis; and baseball greats Yogi Berra and Larry Doby.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Elizabeth Shepard, a professional archivist in New York, was the Montclair Public Library Local History archivist from 1995 to 2001. In 2003, she coauthored Images of America: Montclair with her father, Royal Shepard, the former Montclair historian. Mike Farrelly has been Montclair's official historian since 2004.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Legendary Locals of Montclair: New Jersey
Verlag: Arcadia Pub
Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Brand New