Levittown: The First 50 Years

by Tova Navarra and Margaret Lundrigan Ferrer

Book Overview

Discover the history of USA's first suburb and how the American Dream of owning a home became a real possibility for many.

When developer Abraham Levitt and his two sons conceived the idea for Levittown in 1946, they were probably unaware of the future impact of their radical concept - to build cellarless, affordable tract housing on Long Island farmland. Levittown
became the prototype suburban community that has
been mirrored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738562289
• ISBN13: 9780738562285
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"