Old Alexandria: Where America's Past Is Present

Four walking tours through the lively Virginia port, past its architecturally beautiful 18th century houses, into churches and public buildings, plus visits to archeological digs and the old ramparts. With map and 66 photographs. " Foreword by James W. Coldsmith ; original photographs by Patricia Dalzell. 208 pages, illustrations, pictorial wrappers, very good. From the acknowledgments: "Although I am not a native, my family roots are more than three centuries deep in the soil of Northern Virginia; and thirty years of preferential residence in Alexandria have given me opportunity to look into its heart, love its people, and catch a measure of its spirit.