The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It
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http://utnews.utoledo.edu/index.php/04_08_2015/author-to-talk-april-16-about-new-book-that-chronicles-toledos-glass-historyBarbara Floyd spent one year piecing together the history of the business that led to Toledo’s nickname.
Barbara Floyd will discuss her new book, The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It, Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. in Carlson Library’s Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections. Barbara Floyd will discuss her new book, The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It, Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. in Carlson Library’s Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections.
In "The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It," she follows the first fledgling company that fired up furnaces in 1888 to the triumphant reign of three powerhouses — Owens-Illinois Inc., Libbey-Owens-Ford Co. and Owens Corning Corp. — that made the town the world leader in glass production, to when that supremacy started to shatter.
Floyd will talk about The Glass City Thursday, April 16, at 4 p.m. in the Canaday Center and sign copies of her book, which will be for sale for $30 during a reception after the event.
The free, public talk is part of University Libraries’ celebration of National Library Week and is co-sponsored by the UT History Department.