The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1626194211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 191 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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A very good read. A lot of effort & sacrifice to Quest1918 A very good read. A lot of effort & sacrifice to build this very important tunnel. Good historical information. Recommended!. Irish Impact on US Migration West Myop Inion This is an amazing story that sheds a better understanding of the American push to move west that is not taught in our history books, nor in the cowboy/Indian/Conestoga wagon films.Mary Lyons has thoroughly researched the amazing role of the Irish immigrants (an. This book is far more a study in genealogy and Old Marine This book is far more a study in genealogy and cultural anthropology than an engineering analysis of the tunnel itself. Who CARES what kind of curtains the laborers hung in their shacks?
She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation and live in Charlottesville, Virginia. . Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. About the Author Mary E. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships
She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel Foundation and live in Charlottesville, Virginia. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. Mary
They would persevere through life in overcrowded shanties and years of blasting through rock to see the tunnel to completion. Prolific author Mary E. In one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Lyons follows three Irish families in their struggle to build Crozet's famed tunnel and their American dream.. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their own