Skip to content

Historic Virginia: Your Travel Guide to Virginia's Fascinating Historic Sites

Save 8% Save 8%
Original price $24.95
Original price $24.95 - Original price $38.95
Original price $24.95
Current price $22.95
$22.95 - $36.95
Current price $22.95
SKU 9781684423750
This is not your typical guidebook, but Virginia is not your typical state. Virginia has been around for so long, as the place in America first settled by English adventurers, it is rich in historic sites, both the well known and the equally fascinating yet lesser known destinations every history traveler would find well worth a visit—if he could find them. As the guidebook says, "Some of these sites are very old, while others are of more recent vintage. Some are of national importance, while others are of local or statewide significance. Some are located on the main highways, others are on roads less traveled. Some of the historic places are, in fact, roads—and bridges, and airports, and natural wonders, and jails, and churches, and battlefields, and museums.” Many of these historic hideaways are right next door to the bigger, more heavily publicized attractions. Filled with brief historical essays and side notes, photos, driving maps, an index and listing of sites by region, and contact information, Historic Virginia: Your Travel Guide to Virginia’s Fascinating Historic Sites is the perfect guidebook for those who want to explore the historic byways of bygone Virginia.

We earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.

shop for this title at Amazon

shop for this title at Bookshop.org

Book details

Author
Emily Salmon
Imprint
Turner Publishing Company
Published
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Subjects
Travel › United States
History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
ISBN-13
9781684423750 (Paperback)9781684423767 (Hardcover)

About the authors

EMILY J. SALMON is an American historian and editor and co-editor of The Hornbook of Virginia History. Her recent books include Franklin County, Virginia, 1786–1986: A Bicentennial History.

Salmon received the GODORT Award for Notable State Documents from the American Library Association in 1995. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Master of Arts in History from North Carolina State University, and served as a senior editor in the Publications Division of the Library of Virginia.

JOHN S. SALMON is an American historian and educator and the author of The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide and A Guidebook to Virginia’s Historical Markers.

Salmon received an Excellence Award from the Printing Industry of the Carolinas in 1994. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in American History from the University of Virginia and a Master of Arts in American Colonial History from the College of William and Mary, and served as staff historian at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Format: Paperback