Best known as the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond's history encompasses much more than the Civil War. Visit the state capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson, and tour Shockoe Bottom, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods. Follow the route that enslaved people took from the ships to the auction block on the Richmond Slave Trail. Go back to Gilded Age Richmond at the Jefferson Hotel and learn the history of the statues that once lined the famed Monument Avenue. See lesser-known sites like the Maggie Walker Home and the Black History Museum in the historically African American Jackson Ward neighborhood. Local author Kristin Thrower Stowe guides a series of expeditions through the River City's past.

Author: Kristin T. Thrower Stowe
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: History Press
Published: 03/08/2021
Series: History & Guide
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781467142175

About the Author
Thrower Stowe, Kristin T.: - Kristin T. Thrower Stowe lives in the Richmond area. She has a master's degree in history and in teaching from Virginia Commonwealth University and a school librarian postgraduate certificate from Longwood University. Her first book, Miller & Rhoads Legendary Santa Claus (2001), tells the history of the real Santa that visited Richmond every Christmas. Kristin enjoys traveling; she has visited thirty-nine states and traveled overseas.