Pub Date: June 4, 2007
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2007532539
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 9.10" L x 6.10" W ( 1.10 lbs) 268 pages
BISAC Categories:
Biography and Autobiography | Artists Architects Photographers | History | Europe | Great Britain General | Architecture | Individual Architects and Firms | General
Description: Thomas Telford, the son of a shepherd, was born in Westerkirk, Scotland in 1757. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a stonemason. He worked for a time in Edinburgh and in 1792, he moved to London.
Review Quotes: "Mr. Rolt at the full height of his powers . . . animates the scene with life just as though some old print started out of its pages." --John Betjeman