History of Venice of America Book # 1 August 1992

vol. #1: History of the Venice Canals: 1850-1939

Contents:

Preface -- Short Chronologies -- Introduction

Chapter #1: From the Idea of Venice in 1902 to the Construction of the Canals in 1904.

Chapter #2: First Years. From Opening of Venice in 1905 to the Incorporation of the City of Venice in 1911.

Chapter #3: From the Establishment of an Independent City to the Death of Abbot Kinney and the Great Sewage Crisis of 1912-1921.

Chapter #4: The Campaign to Turn the Canals into Streets. From its inceneption in 1922 to the Filling in 1929.

Chapter #5: The Canals in the Period of Transmutation 1930-1952.

vol #2: Annexation and Secession Movements in Venice: 1919-1939

A day by day history, organized chronologically and anecdotally. Learned glosses on Daniel Burnham, the Al G. Barnes Circus, Venice architects Norman Marsh and Clarence Russell, and fiction by Ed Mendelson.

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