Brooklyn's Promised Land

Brooklyn's Promised Land
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781479874477
ISBN-13 : 1479874477
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Book Synopsis Brooklyn's Promised Land by : Judith Wellman

Download or read book Brooklyn's Promised Land written by Judith Wellman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2017-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1966 a group of students, Boy Scouts, and local citizens rediscovered all that remained of a then virtually unknown community called Weeksville: four frame houses on Hunterfly Road. This book reconstructs the social history and national significance of this place.


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