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Bridging Deep South Rivers

Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

Bridging Deep South Rivers

By Thomas French

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About the book

Horace King (1807-1885) built covered bridges over every large river in Georgia, Alabama, and eastern Mississippi. That King, who began life as a slave in Cheraw, South Carolina, received no formal training makes his story all the more remarkable. This is the first major biography of the gifted architect and engineer who used his skills to transcend the limits of slavery and segregation and become a successful entrepreneur and builder.John S. Lupold and Thomas L. French Jr. add considerably to o...Show more

History of architecture

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ISBN

9780820355399

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Bridging Deep South Rivers

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Paperback

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