City at the Summit
2007
Kent State University Press (Hersteller)
9780873389341 (ISBN)
Kent State University Press (Hersteller)
9780873389341 (ISBN)
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Premiering at the Civic Theater in 1976, this 39-minute film was made for Akron's Sesquicentennial celebration. City at the Summit is a history of Akron from the time of its founding by Simon Perkins in 1825, through its becoming a major canal town, surviving the Great Depression, and becoming the "rubber capital of the world," ending with parades and celebrations associated with the Sesquicentennial.Jack Gieck is a retired engineer. He is past-president of the Canal Society of Ohio and founder of Cinemark, Inc., a producer of technical and historical films including the award-winning video series Ohio's Canal Era. He is the author of the popular A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913 (Kent State University Press, 1988).
Author, filmmaker, engineer, and historian Jack Gieck passed away on June 4, 2015.Mr. Gieck was an engineer and past-president of the Canal Society of Ohio and founder of Cinemark, Inc., a producer of technical and historical films including the award-winning video series Ohio's Canal Era. He is the author of the popular A Photo Album of Ohio's Canal Era, 1825-1913 (Kent State University Press, 1988) and of Early Akron's Industrial Valley: A History of the Cascade Locks (Kent State University Press, 2008).
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.3.2007 |
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| Verlagsort | Kent, OH |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 190 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9780873389341 / 9780873389341 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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