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Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg, new edition

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"Official Guide to Colonial Williamsburg, new edition"

Text by Michael Olmert
Drawings of buildings by Peter C. Turner
Maps by Louis Luedtke
Design by Helen Mageras and Richard J. Stinely

This extensive guide to Colonial Williamsburg contains more than one hundred color photographs of the activities and attractions available in Virginia’s restored colonial capital. Color-coded maps identify things to see and do and locate places to shop and dine. Building-by-building drawings enable visitors to tour completely and easily. Short biographies about eighteenth-century inhabitants impart glimpses into colonial society. Information about the museums—Public Hospital, DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum—is included. Special sections highlight Carter’s Grove plantation and modern lodging and dining opportunities.
176 pp., 108 color photographs, 10 duotones, 14 maps, 137 building drawings, 22 biographies, 7 x 10
1998; 4th printing 2002
CW No. 47076
Softbound
ISBN 0-87935-184-5
$8.95
Available through www.williamsburgmarketplace.com.


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