Norfolk: The First Four CenturiesThe first comprehensive history of Norfolk to appear since 1930, Norfolk: The First Four Centuries tells the story of America's largest maritime port from the first contact between a Spanish sailor and a Chiskiack man in 1561 to the city's late twentieth-century concerns, including pollution of the Chesapeake Bay, urban development, traffic in illegal guns, and racial tensions. |
Contents
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Duel of the Damned
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10 |
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The Chesapeians 15851612
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13 |
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Adams Rib 162159
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26 |
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Whistling in the Wildnerness 181530
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30 |
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The Foundling 165591
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43 |
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Last Train to Margarettsville 183044
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44 |
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Red Horse Pale Horse 173172
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72 |
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Les Miserables 17831801
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102 |
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The Brambleton Insurrection 18881902
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256 |
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The Jimstowne Follies 190313
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271 |
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Kaiser Willis Boomtown 191421
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286 |
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Capn Whiskers on Rat Patrol 192129
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301 |
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The Misunderstanding 192938
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317 |
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Red Lights Blackouts and Norfolk County
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331 |
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The Dixie AllAmerican 194663
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347 |
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A Sojourn in the ByrdCage 195865
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362 |
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O Jeremiah 17901809
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119 |
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The Ghosts of Julappi 184560
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176 |
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The Cheesebox and the Turtle 185962
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193 |
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A Question of Insanity 186265
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209 |
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The Unbuttoning 186576
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224 |
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Ruffles Truffles and Scuffles 187788
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239 |
Other editions - View all
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Norfolk: The First Four Centuries Thomas C. Parramore,Peter C. Stewart,Tommy Bogger No preview available - 1994 |
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