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The Maps of Norfolk, Virginia: Evolution of a City, the second book of Berent's Encyclopedia of Norfolk Virginia History-Geography, shows in stunning detail the phenomenal evolution of one of America's most historic and important cities. Utilizing more than two centuries of maps, this book features an extraordinary side-by-side comparison of Norfolk's most detailed borough and city maps. Dating from 1812 to the present, each map is scaled to identical size and divided by region, allowing the reader to pinpoint nearly every major change in the city, almost decade by decade. Also including regional maps from the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as well as an index of Norfolk streets and subdivisions, The Maps of Norfolk, Virginia provides the ideal basemaps for the study of every facet of Norfolk history-geography, making this invaluable reference another significant contribution to American geography.

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Irwin M. Berent has spent more than two decades directing the ""Every Square Inch of Norfolk"" project, culminating in this and other books of his historico-geographical opus. Founder of the Norfolk History Website (NorfolkHistory.com), he is also author of Norfolk, Virginia: A Jewish History (Norfolk History Publishers). And his Jewish Genealogy (David Zubatsky, co-editor) is the classic bibliography in that field. He has also compiled Biographical Directory of the Crew of the U.S.S. Monitor (NC Division of Archives and History).With the renowned word maven Rod L. Evans, he has written The Dictionary of Highly Unusual Words (Berkley) and Getting Your Words' Worth (Warner Books) as well as Quotable Conservative (Intro by William F. Buckley, Jr.), The Right Words, Drug Legalization (Foreword by Linus Pauling), and other books.Berent is co-creator (with John C. Jarvis) of StoryCraft writer's software, CEO of WritersSuperCenter.com, and co-owner of ShortBios.com.

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