{"product_id":"a-history-of-philadelphias-lost-harry-kyriakodis-9781609493714","title":"A History of Philadelphia's Lost Waterfront","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin Harry Kyriakodis as he strolls Front Street, Delaware Avenue, and Penn's Landing to rediscover the story of Philadelphia's lost waterfront.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wharves and docks of William Penn's city that helped build a nation are gone lost to the onslaught of over 300 years of development. Yet the bygone streets and piers of Philadelphia's central waterfront were once part of the greatest tradecenter in the American colonies. Local historian Harry Kyriakodis chronicles the history of the city's original port district from Quaker settlers who first lived in caves along the Delaware and the devastating yellow fever epidemic of 1793 to its heyday as a maritime center and then the twentieth century that saw much of the historic riverfront razed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harry Kyriakodis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609493710\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609493714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/21\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Harry Kyriakodis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938752626943,"sku":"9781609493714","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0db5ebd5-be58-42be-8c6a-e2d7fa4b40e0.jpg?v=1681437525","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-history-of-philadelphias-lost-harry-kyriakodis-9781609493714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}