Marion in the Golden Age

by Judith Westlund Rosbe

In The Late Nineteenth Century, America's new railroads flooded Marion with extravagant cargo: the rich and famous. For the likes of Mark Twain, Henry James and President Grover Cleveland, whose home here was known as the summer White House, Marion became a treasured sanctuary from city life. Teeming with prosperity and the blossoming arts, this hamlet offered a setting so breathtaking that it inspired some of the world's foremost creative minds...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596296348
• ISBN13: 9781596296343
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"