Virginia Beach: A History of Virginia's Golden Shore

by Amy Waters Yarsinske

Book Overview

Few would guess from looking at the resplendent Virginia Beach shoreline-its stretches of fine sand, sloping dunes, and rolling waves-that the city has experienced anything but peace and tranquility since the history of its native Chesapeake tribe collided with the ambition and vision of new European settlers on the colonial coastline. But turmoil and conflict, as well as progress and achievement, are all a part of the area's unique story. Virginia...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589731603
• ISBN13: 9781589731608
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"