{"product_id":"nether-providence-michele-s-davidson-9780738572635","title":"Nether Providence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoin Michele S. Davidson as she documents Nether Providence's fascinating growth and development over the last three centuries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1682, John Sharpless settled in Nether Providence Township on a 1,000-acre tract of land along Ridley Creek that had been granted to him by William Penn. Other settlers soon followed, establishing Nether Providence as a small, successful, farming community. Over the next two centuries, Nether Providence grew into a thriving manufacturing center with 14 operating mills along the township's two creeks. At the turn of the 19th century, Nether Providence became a summer resort area rivaling the Main Line of Philadelphia, with such famous residents as Dr. Horace Howard Furness, a well-regarded Shakespearean scholar and the brother of architect Frank Furness, and Alexander Kelly McClure, the owner of the Philadelphia Times and an assistant adjunct general appointed by Pres. Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. In 2007, Wallingford, the largest community in Nether Providence, was named by Money Magazine as the ninth best place to live in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michele S. Davidson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738572632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738572635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.36w x 0.30d","brand":"Michele S. Davidson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443643756799,"sku":"9780738572635","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d88aa71-a5d0-45ba-952f-ed7a56ca88da.jpg?v=1777206841","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nether-providence-michele-s-davidson-9780738572635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}