Rubber's Home Town

THE REAL-LIFE STORY OF AKRON

by Hugh Allen

1949

CONTENTS

 

Chapter 1.  The Wrong Place to Build a City

Chapter 2.  A New-Born City Looks Around

Chapter 3.  The Beginning of Akron

Chapter 4.  Canals and Water Power

Chapter 5.  The Canal Boat Era

Chapter 6.  The Railroads Come In

Chapter 7.  Industry After the Civil War

Chapter 8.  A Quiet Victorian Community

Chapter 9 The Age of Rubber

Chapter 10. How Rubber Came to Akron

 

Rubber's Home Town, The Real-Life Story of Akron, Hugh Allen, 1949, American Heritage Series Vol. V., transcribed & edited by L. K. Ortmann.


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