Index History Of Manitowoc County Wisconsin Volume Ii

Author : Ralph Gordon Plumb
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333490430
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book A History of Manitowoc County (Classic Reprint) written by Ralph Gordon Plumb and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of Manitowoc County Thls, then, 15 the alm of thls lustory No clalms are made for 1ts l1terary merlts. On the other hand the author has more largely devoted hls efforts towards securmg correctness ln pomt of fact than elegance of style lfer edt phases ln the county's hlstory are treated toplcally also, Instead of an at tempt belng made to wrlte one connected story of the entlre ex1stence of the county, as 1t was thought true prospectlve would thus be better afforded. It may be objected that too many dates have been Inserted. From the l1terary standpomt th1s 1s doubtless true, but 1t must be remembered that above all the 1dea ln wrlttmg thls work was the recordmg In some permanent form df many facts Wth In future years may be useful as well as mterestmg, 1n re gard to the beglnmng and progress of the county. The older generatlon IS rapidly passmg off the stage of actlon and the orlgmal ev1dence of h1stor1ca1 value..such as landmarks, 1s bemg obllterated year by year To preserve at least a partial account of the changes made by the course of time was the task the author set before hlm. Without further apology he submlts the result to the reader ralph gordon plumb. 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.