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A Singular People: Images of Zoar
Kathleen M Fernandez
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Description for A Singular People: Images of Zoar
Hardcover. The community of Zoar has been a tourist attraction since it was founded in 1817, due in part to its uncommon experiment in Christian communal living, its German heritage, and its location on the Ohio & Erie Canal. This collection of photographs captures Zoar's main attractions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 100 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; HBTB; WQP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 717.
The community of Zoar has been a tourist attraction since it was founded in 1817, due in part to its uncommon experiment in Christian communal living, its German heritage, and its location on the Ohio & Erie Canal. Unlike many 19th-century communal societies, Zoar did not discourage tourism and ""gawkers."" As a result, there is an unusually rich photographic record of the community and its people as well as many descriptions and comments by writers who wished to share their impressions of this Old World town. Tourists snapped photos of themselves riding on haywagons, boating on Zoar Lake, and walking ... Read more
The community of Zoar has been a tourist attraction since it was founded in 1817, due in part to its uncommon experiment in Christian communal living, its German heritage, and its location on the Ohio & Erie Canal. Unlike many 19th-century communal societies, Zoar did not discourage tourism and ""gawkers."" As a result, there is an unusually rich photographic record of the community and its people as well as many descriptions and comments by writers who wished to share their impressions of this Old World town. Tourists snapped photos of themselves riding on haywagons, boating on Zoar Lake, and walking ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9780873387675
SKU
V9780873387675
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About Kathleen M Fernandez
Kathleen Fernandez is the Ohio Historical Society's site manager at Zoar Village State Memorial, is the newsletter editor and a board member of the Communal Studies Association, board member of the Ohio and Erie Canal Corridor Coalition, and chair of the Historic Attractions of Tuscarawas County committee
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