{"product_id":"a-history-lovers-guide-to-richmond-paperback","title":"A History Lover's Guide to Richmond - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristin Thrower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocal author Kristin Thrower Stowe guides a series of expeditions through the River City's past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known as the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond's history encompasses much more than the Civil War. Visit the state capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson and tour Shockoe Bottom, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. Follow the route that enslaved people took from the ships to the auction block on the Richmond Slave Trail. Go back to Gilded Age Richmond at the Jefferson Hotel and learn the history of the statues that once lined the famed Monument Avenue. See less-visited sites like the Maggie Walker Home and the Black History Museum in the historically African American Jackson Ward neighborhood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristin T. Thrower Stowe lives in the Richmond area. She has a master's degree in history and in teaching from Virginia Commonwealth University and a school librarian postgraduate certificate from Longwood University. Her first book, Miller \u0026amp; Rhoads Legendary Santa Claus (2001), tells the history of the real Santa that visited Richmond every Christmas. Kristin enjoys traveling; she has visited thirty-nine states and traveled overseas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334486069485,"sku":"9781467142175","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/LqVjEPb2jL9781467142175.webp?v=1785014606","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/a-history-lovers-guide-to-richmond-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}