Author: SNYDER, CHARLES MCCOOL
Title: Buggy Town an Era in American Transportation
Description: Lewisburg, PA: Pennsylvania State Univ Pr (Trd), 1984. Paperback. ISBN: 0271003774. Keystone Books/Oral Traditions Projects Series; B&W Illustrations; 7.80 X 5.12 X 1 inches; 80 pages; Soft cover is stapled wraps. Yellow covers, light sunning and bumping. Pages are clean and tight; appear as if unused. Copiously illustrated with dozens of b/w drawings, diagrams, photographs of buggies and carriages. A fascinating look at the history of carriages and buggies, in one town in Pennsylvania, in the 19th century. Long before the automobile, horses and carriages/buggies, were the main form of transportation, urban and rural. While carriages/buggies are no longer a main form of American transportation, other than for Amish, et al, they are still in everyday for these communities, as well as for use in horse shows.. Very Good+ .

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