Norfolk History – Books About Norfolk, Virginia’s History and Geography … and More

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Welcome to Norfolk History! Our focus is on the books created by the Every Square Inch of Norfolk Project, edited and directed by Irwin Berent. Together, they constitute the first and only Encyclopedia of Norfolk, Virginia, History-Geography.

• The most exhaustive coverage of the history and geography of any major American city!
• All original research; most of it never-before told; much of it revealed and explained for the first time!
• 16 Books in all — buy just one or many — as many as you like!
• Each of the first 8 books on a main topic dealing with infrastructure, from maps and land to roads and military, agriculture, etc.
• Each of the final 8 books covers a particular section or annexation of the city — a history of every community, neighborhood, section!
• Extensively illustrated with more than 3,000 images, photographs, and maps.
• Each is 8 1/2 x 11 inches, and more than 200 pages long.
• Available as Print or Ebook. If you buy the print book, the ebook is reduced to just $5.

Here you’ll not only discover remarkable offerings of books on every aspect of the history & geography of Norfolk, but also have access to some of the research we weren’t able to include in the books.

The “EVERY SQUARE INCH OF NORFOLK” Books

NORFOLK’S HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY BOOKS BY TOPIC:

The Every Square Inch of Norfolk books represent the most ambitious project of history and geography ever attempted for Norfolk — indeed, for any American city.

And whether you purchase just one of the books or many, each stands alone as a unique resource.

Eight of the books (pictured in miniature below) are each complete and fascinating journeys into some key, general topic pertaining to the geography and history of the entire area of Norfolk – its maps, waters, land, agriculture, parks, military, transportation, and more. (The Maps of Norfolk, Virginia: Evolution of A City, for instance, has the “treasure maps” of the journey.) Utilizing more than 2000 articles, maps, plats, photographs, and other contemporary documents, these history-geographies allow the reader to learn about every square inch of Norfolk, one of the world’s greatest port cities, revealed as never before … See DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH BOOK

Ten of the Every Square Inch of Norfolk books (pictured in miniature below) separately cover specific areas of Norfolk, from the original town and borough to each area subsequently annexed. These books allow the reader to discover the history-geographies of the areas of almost every neighborhood in Norfolk, past and present…. See DESCRIPTIONS OF EACH BOOK

To order any of our books, please use our secure online order-form, call us, or send check or money order.

We also offer our one-of-a-kind, 20th-century history of the Jewish community in Norfolk:

Norfolk, Virginia: A Jewish History of the 20th Century $30

Norfolk History Publishers, 2001 222 pp., 8.5″ x 11″

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Ordering Info

To order any of our books via credit card, debit card, or PayPal, please use our quick and easy secure online form. Click here.
For toll-free phone ordering, call our secure ordering center 757/515-4315.

To pay by check or money order (or to mail your credit card number/expiration date): Make payable to “Berent Writers SuperCenter” and mail to: Irwin Berent Writers SuperCenter, 1300 Lincoln Rd. E., #17, Vallejo, CA 94591. Be sure to include your name and address, email address (optional), and titles of all books. To locate titles, and to compute your total, simply Add to Cart the desired books, and then note the Total, which will include any shipping.