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Dorchester: Images of England
Jo Draper
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Description for Dorchester: Images of England
Paperback. A history of Dorchester Series: Archive Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKESH; 1DBKEWT; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 223 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
This book of over 200 old photographs shows the town of Dorchester over the last 150 years, as it changed from Thomas Hardy’s Casterbridge into the modern town. Early photographs show the town Hardy knew as a young man, and the latest ones take the story up to the Coronation in 1953. Fordington, Frome Whitfield and Coker’s Frome are included, along with every part of the town. The chronological approach used shows the changes in the townscape over the last 150 years, and the many people illustrated give a good idea of life in the town over the same period. ... Read more
This book of over 200 old photographs shows the town of Dorchester over the last 150 years, as it changed from Thomas Hardy’s Casterbridge into the modern town. Early photographs show the town Hardy knew as a young man, and the latest ones take the story up to the Coronation in 1953. Fordington, Frome Whitfield and Coker’s Frome are included, along with every part of the town. The chronological approach used shows the changes in the townscape over the last 150 years, and the many people illustrated give a good idea of life in the town over the same period. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Series
Archive Photographs
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752410234
SKU
V9780752410234
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Jo Draper
Jo Draper has written several books on the county of Dorset, including Dorset: The Complete Guide and (with John Fowles) Thomas Hardy’s England. She lives in Dorchester, in one of the houses illustrated in the book Dorchester (Images of England).
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