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Original Essays | June 22, 2009

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Main Street Festivals: Traditional and Unique Events on America's Main Streets (National Trust City Guides)

by Amanda B. West

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Publisher Comments:

Main Street America is kicking up its heels—and you're invited to the party!

Goodbye sprawl-and-mall—hello downtown! Long-neglected town centers are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on main streets all across the country. Come celebrate their rebirth with this one-of-a-kind guide to over 700 local festivals and events nationwide. From the weird and wacky to the wild and wonderful, the fun starts with Main Street Festivals. Which will you do first?

Enter a rubber duck race . . . Join a "walk of art" scavenger hunt . . .

Find hot-rod heaven . . . Play cow patty bingo . . .

See antiques and heirloom displays . . .

Discover "bullistic" bull riding . . . Go to a hog slopping contest . . .

Eat black dirt cake . . . Hear blues, bluegrass, and brass bands . . .

Watch a Little Miss National Peanut Pageant . . .

Inside you'll also learn where to find: an onion rodeo, cornstalk shooting, a beautiful baby bagel contest, arts and crafts demonstrations, the perfect-pierogie cookoff, a slugburger fest, quilting exhibitions, farmer olympics, and more. . . . There's something for everyone in Main Street Festivals.

Synopsis:

This is the only national guide to over 300 Main Street communities across America and more than 700 special events happening on these Main Streets throughtout the year - from Rodeo Stampedes to fruit festivals to winter carnivals. The special events featured in this guide captialize on local history, popular culture, provinical character and seasonal themes.
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About the Author

AMANDA B. WEST, Senior Program Associate for Information Resources at the National Main Street Center, is an ardent back-roads traveler and local-history enthusiast. The NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, helps communities revitalize their historic commercial districts.
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Table of Contents

Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.

Southern States.

Midwestern States.

Mountains and Plains States.

Southwestern States.

Western States.

Illustration Credits.

Indexes.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780471192909
Subtitle:
Traditional and Unique Events on America's Main Streets
Other:
West, Amanda B.
Author:
West, John Ed. Lynda Ed. John Ed. Lynda
Author:
West, Amanda B.
Author:
West
Author:
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Guidebooks
Subject:
United states
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
Festivals
Subject:
Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Subject:
Festivals -- United States -- Guidebooks.
Subject:
United States Guidebooks.
Copyright:
1998
Series:
National Trust City Guides
Publication Date:
February 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.87x5.90x.46 in. .69 lbs.
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