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Newport Firsts : A Hundred Claims to Fame (RI) by Brian M. Stinson (2018, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101467119466
ISBN-139781467119467
eBay Product ID (ePID)240360070
Product Key Features
Book TitleNewport Firsts : a Hundred Claims to Fame (Ri)
Number of Pages208 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicSubjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / New England (Ct, mA, Me, NH, Ri, VT), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Photography, History
AuthorBrian M. Stinson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight0.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2017-960346
Reviews"There are plenty of stories, vignettes, fun facts, and head-scratching firsts to keep even the most jaded historian, tour guide, and chamber of commerce ambassador intrigued and inspired. This volume, NEWPORT FIRSTS: A Hundred Claims to Fame, belongs on every Newport history-lover's bookshelf.." What'sUpNewp
SynopsisNewport, Rhode Island, has been a city of innovation since its beginning nearly four centuries ago. Some of the claims on a national level are true, while some have been greatly distorted over the years. The first law banning the importation of slaves in the colonies was enacted in the city, and the first Methodist church in the world with a steeple and bell is located here. But was the first female lighthouse keeper in America from here? Was Newport the first place where a medical lecture was given? Author and research historian Brian M. Stinson offers a chronological collection of vignettes detailing the city's many firsts., Newport, Rhode Island, has been a city of innovation since its beginning nearly four centuries ago. Some of the claims on a national level are true, while some have been greatly distorted over the years. The freethinking citizens include the first to defeat a British squadron and the author of the first written constitution guaranteeing the right to religious freedom in world history. The first law banning the importation of Negroes in the colonies was enacted in the city, and the first Methodist church in the world with a steeple and bell is located here. But was the first female lighthouse keeper in America from here? Was Newport the first place where a medical lecture was given? Author and research historian Brian M. Stinson offers a chronological collection of vignettes detailing the city's many firsts.
LC Classification NumberF89.N5
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