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City on the Penobscot : a comprehensive history of Bangor, Maine
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- Creator
- Trudy Irene Scee
- Format
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2010
- Physical Details
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- 573 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781596291911, 1596291915
- OCLC
- ocn670238259
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-557) and index.
- City on the Penobscot, from a Massachusetts plantation to a Maine municipality : Bangor's early years, 1769-1834 -- How Bangor made a city of a town, 1834-1850 -- Transportation, overland and over the water, 1830s-1890s -- Diverging city life, in peace and in war, 1850-1869 -- Adjusting to change, 1870s-1890s -- Floods, fire, and modernity : Bangor enters the twentieth century, 1900-1920 -- Recovery and depression : Bangor in the 1920s and 1930s -- Bangor reenters prosperity and then begins to soar, 1940-1960 -- Modernity continues : urban renewal and business growth in the late 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s -- The heart of the city : changes and continuity in the local community, 1960s-2000s -- List of Bangor mayors and city managers