Historic Easton

Author : William J. Heller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332344239
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (442 download)

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Download or read book Historic Easton written by William J. Heller and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Easton: From the Window of a Trolley-Car It is the fragmentary remains that survived the ruthless plow shear of the middle period, when sentiment of former times had become lost and the historical interest of modern times was not yet cultivated, that we of today diligently gather and weave into their original form of song and story. Much that might by chance aid in the solution of these problems is often presented in a more perplexing form; that which is obscure and unintelligible to the interpreter through whom they now speak, will likely remain forever a sealed book. Traditions were the principle source of information of all early historical writers, and even after being shorn of all exaggerated embellishments that from time to time had been added, while true in the main, were but little more than distorted facts; their continued repetition by subsequent writers even in a revised form, but lacking verification as to their correctness through research of original sources, is unpardonable. Such stories, while producing interesting reading, are unreliable and misleading to the student of history, to whom they are of but little or no value whatever. It was by reason of the erroneous impression these stories had created in the public mind that provoked this Historical Excursion. The author does not claim for it the dignity of a History, yet the brief and impartial statements of historical events are correct. It is not written in consecutive, chronological arrangement, but is divided into four journeys from a common center, thus creating a division of what might be termed statistics and assuming an attractive and readable form, avoiding the necessity of any references and explanatory comparisons with that which has already been published. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.