Philadelphia Family: The Houstons and Woodwards of Chestnut Hill

by David R. Contosta

Book Overview

This story of the Houston and Woodward families' continuing public service offers a unique perspective on Philadelphia history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "Contosta evinces in this book a genuine and unforced affection for his subjects, which comes through in the pages of this well-illustrated and informative volume."--Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography Three generations of the Houston-Woodward family, one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812214064
• ISBN13: 9780812214062
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"