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The Old and the New Monongahela
by John S. Van Voorhis; Veronica Schofield, Index
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0806306254
- ISBN 13
- 9780806306254
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing, 1974 Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, MD. 1974. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1893 edition with an index added. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the front pastedown. Book Condition: Very Good +; six dogeared pages; slight shlefwear. No DJ. Blue buckram boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 504 pp 8vo. The author was a physician to the region in the 1850s, the region's unofficial historian, and possessed a keen interest in genealogy. This book was compiled from regional newspapers, obituaries and feature articles, interviews, anecdotes, reminiscences, and research in the original records. It contains lengthy sketches of the early families in the Monongahela Valley, each showing, in substance, family members and their relationships, dates and places of birth, marriage, deaths, occupations, standing in the community, and places of migration to and from the Valley. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014201
- Title
- The Old and the New Monongahela
- Author
- John S. Van Voorhis; Veronica Schofield, Index
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0806306254
- ISBN 13
- 9780806306254
- Publisher
- Genealogical Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Baltimore, MD
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Pennsylvania History, West Virginia History, Monongahela Valley, family histories, genealogy, John Van Voorhis, Washington County, Westmoreland County, Beaver County, Greene County, Allegheny County, Fayette County, Monongahela Region,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Reprint
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- Spine
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