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Big
Apple Almanac Volume Two
by Patrick M. Reynolds Here is another beautiful full-color
book which begins with the Battle of Kip's Bay where General
Washington totally lost his cool, and almost the war; followed
by the inside story of his first inauguration. Find out how Tiffany
got into the gem business, how Currier and Ives made great pictures...and
speaking of pictures, see how Thomas Edison invented motion pictures
and started the movie business, and how vaseline originated at
an oil derrick, why they drop the ball on New Year's, and Milton
Hershey's disastrous start in the candy biz. Here are stories
behind some obscure, but important firsts: gynecologist, woman
doctor, phone company, taxi cabs, skywriter, fire engine, and
the first and only woman Medal of Honor recipient. There
are special sections on the great blizzard of 1888, and the Parade
of the Pooper-Scoopers.
11¾" x 7" 109 pages, index, fully illustrated,
paperbound ISBN 0-932514-24-3
#A2 Big Apple Almanac 2 $14.95
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