Reviews
An excellent travel companion for the amateur historian... Mitchell's book is a helpful and informative alternative to the standard travel guide.
Mitchell combines a regional travel guide with direct quotations, immediate revelations, and stories that illuminate the deeper historical context of each selected site. He has sought out engaging reenactments and the best exhibits, where remarkable artifacts and excellent displays bring history alive. This is more than sightseeing.
Book Details
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown
2. St. Mary's City
3. Fort Frederick
4. Independence National Historical Park
5. Valley Forge
6. Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown
2. St. Mary's City
3. Fort Frederick
4. Independence National Historical Park
5. Valley Forge
6. Fort McHenry and the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail
7. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
8. The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal
9. Harpers Ferry
10. Civil War Richmond
11. Antietam
12. Civil War Washington
13. Gettysburg
14. Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, and Spotsylvania
15. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park
16. Petersburg and the Road to Appomattox
Side Trips
Index