Author: Hodgson, Pat: Title: The Changing Seaside: An Eyewitness History Book.
Description: Hove, Wayland Publishers Limited, 1979 1st Ed., Hard cover stone coloured cloth bds, VG++, clipped d/w VG++, contents fine and tight, pp96, no inscriptions etc... "This book will interest and delight everyone who has ever enjoyed, or dreamed of enjoying, a seaside holiday.... The seaside was onece mainly a source of livelihood for fishermen and sailors. Often it was a place of danger with its invaders, pirates, smugglers and shipwrecks. Only with the growth of seaside resorts two hundred years ago did people in Britain start going to the seaside for their health and enjoyment. How this change took place is described in this fascinating book."
Keywords: seaside history Eyewitness History Book resorts holidays fishermen sailors invaders pirates smugglers shipwrecks Victorian health seaside changes 085340643X
Price: GBP 4.00 = appr. US$ 5.71 Seller: Little Owl Books
- Book number: 12816
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