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See More... Benson, Barbara E. and Carol E. Hoffecker NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE: A WALK THROUGH TIME.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2011 7 x 10 inches paperback 240 pages
New Castle, Delaware: A Walk Through Time traces the evolution of one town from its seventeenth-century settlement to the leafy, beautiful, and well-preserved small city of today. The historic arc begins in the conflicts of European exploration and colony building that pitted the Netherlands against Sweden and then Great Britain. New Castle slowly developed under the flags of those three countries from a small settlement of wood into Delaware's jewel-like brick colonial capital. Today New Castle has retained its beautiful historic town center, with outstanding examples of colonial and federal architecture that surround its preserved village center, called the Green, which dates back to Peter Stuyvesant.

Yet New Castle is more than a town frozen in the Colonial and Federal eras, for its history continued through time to mirror the economic opportunities and challenges of an expanding nation. Railroad, factories, and automobiles brought expansion that trans-formed it from its role as a county seat into a small industrial city. Neighborhoods east and west of the town center developed to house the shopkeepers, factory workers, owners, and managers brought by industrialization. Those neighborhoods remain today as the physical examples of changing architectural styles and evolving standards of urban planning and preservation.

The New Castle of today presents a work-in-progress. It continues to evolve as a twenty-first-century city while protecting the historic fabric of its long, rich past. New Castle, Delaware: A Walk through Time is heavily illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs that visually illuminate the city's past and present.

Barbara E. Benson, Ph.D., Indiana University, 1976, retired from the Historical Society of Delaware as executive director in 2003. At the Society, she oversaw the collection, exhibition, education, and publication programs as well as the protection of the organization's eight historic properties, including the George Read II House and Gardens in New Castle. Dr. Benson currently chairs the New Castle County Historic Review Board.

Carol E. Hoffecker, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1967, retired from the faculty of the University of Delaware in 2003 as Richards Professor of History and Alison Professor. In a career focused on the history of Delaware, she has written numerous books and articles that explore many aspects of the state, its government, its people, and its economy. Her two volumes on the history of Wilmington, Delaware, continue to provide perspective on the connection of urban and industrial development.

In addition to New Castle, Delaware, A Walk through Time, Dr. Benson and Dr. Hoffecker have collaborated on several projects in Delaware history, ranging from an expert report submitted by the State of Delaware to the Supreme Court of the United States in State of New Jersey v. State of Delaware (2008) to a textbook about the state entitled The Delaware Adventure.
Price: $ 24.95 other currencies Order nr. 106155

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See More... Churchill, Jan FROM DELAWARE TO EVERYWHERE, NEW CASTLE ARMY AIR BASE & NEW CASTLE COUNTRY AIRPORT.
N.P. n.p. (2007) 4to. paper covered boards. xii, 180 pages.
First edition. Illustrated history. Printed by Dover Litho Printing Co. Signed by the author on the title page.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 96831

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See More... Cooper, Constance J. (Editor) 350 YEARS OF NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
New Castle New Castle Historical Society and Cedar Tree Books 2010 8vo. cloth, dust jacket xvi, 206, (2) pages.
First edition. A chronological history of the town of New Castle with illustrations.
Price: $ 29.95 other currencies Order nr. 106339

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See More... (New Castle) Corbett, Theodore REVOLUTIONARY NEW CASTLE, THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE.
Charleston, SC History Press (2012) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 127+(1) pages.
First edition. In June 1774, New Castles Green was the site of open rebellion, as citizens gathered to protest the actions of the Crown. From the raising of militia to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, New Castle became Delawares leader in supporting the Revolution. Yet this was truly a civil war that divided families, friends and churches, and when General Howe and his British army invaded in 1777, they found many Loyalists to welcome them. Beginning with the earliest protests through the invasion by the British and the subsequent harassment from Royal Navy and loyalist raiders to the communitys role in the new republic and its support of the French Revolution, historian Theodore Corbett traces the tumultuous course of the Revolutionary era in New Castle.
Price: $ 19.99 other currencies Order nr. 109298

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See More... (New Castle) HISTORIC NEW CASTLE DELAWARE.
New Castle New Castle Visitors Bureau n.d. (1993) foldout small 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages.
With a map of the area. Guide to historic buildings and businesses.
Price: $ 2.00 other currencies Order nr. 67639

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See More... (New Castle) Travers, Jim NEW CASTLE.
(Charleston, SC) Arcadia Publishing (2005) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 128 pages.
First edition. History through illustration. Part of Arcadia's Images of America series. With three views of the Booth House.
Price: $ 21.99 other currencies Order nr. 88946

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See More... Tantillo, L.F. THE EDGE OF NEW NETHERLAND.
(Nassau, NY) Published for The Netherland Institute (by the author) (2011) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix+(i), 95, (3) pages.
First edition. With a Historical Overview of the Delaware River by Charles T. Gehring and Commentary by Peter A. Douglas. Examines, in beautifully illustrated detail, the broader aspects of daily life on the Dutch, Swedish, English and Indian borderlands of North America, it focuses on the history of one wood and dirt fortress, Fort Casimir. Built in what is now known as New Castle 1651 by the Dutch and destroyed in 1664 by the British, Fort Casimir largely failed as a defensive bulwark, but it helped anchor the growing settlement of New Amstel, now New Castle, Delaware. Over 100 illustrations.
Price: $ 22.50 other currencies Order nr. 109299

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See More... Tobin, J. Herbert TRIVIA OF NEW CASTLE AND DELAWARE.
New Castle, DE New Castle Historical Society 1992 small 4to. spiral bound plastic covered booklet. (ii), 17 pages.
One page introduction by Richard R. Cooch, President of the New Castle Historical Society, followed by a transcript of Tobin's talk. Signed by Tobin on title page.
Price: $ 12.50 other currencies Order nr. 39390

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