{"product_id":"towns-and-villages-of-the-lower-ohio-9780813120423","title":"Towns and Villages of the Lower Ohio","description":"\" America. Enterprise. Metropolis. Cairo. Rome. These are a few of the grandly named villages and towns along the lower Ohio River. The optimism with which early settlers named these towns reveals much about the history of American expansion. Though none became the next great American city, it was not for lack of ambition or entrepreneurial spirit. Why didn't a major city develop on the lower Ohio? What geographic, economic, and cultural factors caused one place to prosper and another to wither?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Darrel E. Bigham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.28w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813120423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDarrel E. Bigham\u003c\/b\u003e professor of history at the University of Southern Indiana and director of the Historic Southern Indiana Project, is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Evansville Album: Perspectives on a River City\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Kentucky","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40177461362803,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":39.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6a3a8933-6536-4da3-9ba9-8556e1329fc6.jpg?v=1655385353","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/towns-and-villages-of-the-lower-ohio-9780813120423","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}