Norfolk: The First Four Centuries

By Peter C. Stewart and Thomas C. Parramore

Book Overview

The 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813919886
• ISBN13: 9780813919881
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 507 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher