{"product_id":"historic-photos-of-wilmington-9781684420186","title":"Historic Photos of Wilmington","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor a century after its incorporation in 1740, Wilmington, North Carolina remained a sleepy port city. Then, the coming of steam-power, especially railroad and steamship, enabled a steady growth. War, whether the Civil War with its blockade-runners or the shipbuilding born of the world conflicts of the 1900s, brought more growth. With that expansion came, of course, growing pains. The story of Wilmington, North Carolina is a story of rivers, sounds, and sea, and of a city that grew near the places where those waters mingled. It is the story of a port that became the \"Lifeline of the Confederacy” as well as the lifeline of a state. And in this case, it is the story of over a hundred years of history (1860s to 1970s) told through almost two hundred photographs—the captured essences of people and events now lost.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Turner Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360064242007,"sku":"9781684420186","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781684420186.jpg?v=1754126556","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historic-photos-of-wilmington-9781684420186","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}