Legendary Locals of Bristol
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, United States, History, Americas
| Author: | Christy Nadalin | ISBN: | 9781439646175 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | July 14, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christy Nadalin |
| ISBN: | 9781439646175 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | July 14, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Legendary Locals |
| Language: | English |
The story of Bristol is the story of America, played out on the small stage of a lobster claw�shaped peninsula at the heart of Narragansett Bay. From the massacre and displacement of the first Americans to the rise of the merchant class; exploration; slavery; war and peace; the Industrial Revolution; waves of immigration�all these wildly disparate facets of the American experience have been represented and reflected within these 20 square miles. Bristol has been home to patriots and pirates; ministers and murderers; captains who dominated at the helms of whalers, battleships, and 12-meter sailboats; larger-than-life industrialists; Hollywood and Broadway royalty; artists, writers, musicians, and culinary visionaries. But the bulk of the threads in Bristol�s remarkable tapestry are not bold-colored silk, bright metallic, or rich cashmere�most are simple and natural, unremarkably structured and hued, but each one quietly doing its part to form the strong, tightly-woven foundation of this very special place.
The story of Bristol is the story of America, played out on the small stage of a lobster claw�shaped peninsula at the heart of Narragansett Bay. From the massacre and displacement of the first Americans to the rise of the merchant class; exploration; slavery; war and peace; the Industrial Revolution; waves of immigration�all these wildly disparate facets of the American experience have been represented and reflected within these 20 square miles. Bristol has been home to patriots and pirates; ministers and murderers; captains who dominated at the helms of whalers, battleships, and 12-meter sailboats; larger-than-life industrialists; Hollywood and Broadway royalty; artists, writers, musicians, and culinary visionaries. But the bulk of the threads in Bristol�s remarkable tapestry are not bold-colored silk, bright metallic, or rich cashmere�most are simple and natural, unremarkably structured and hued, but each one quietly doing its part to form the strong, tightly-woven foundation of this very special place.
