Richmond: The Story of a City chronicles the growth of this historic community over nearly four centuries from its founding in the early 1700s by William Byrd II to its most recent urban and suburban developments. In this expanded edition Virginius Dabney updates his history by examining the developments in racial relations, cultural institutions, and downtown architecture that have taken place in Richmond over the past two decades.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch and TimesDispatch.com serve their customers as the leading providers of high-quality news, commentary, community conversations and entertainment in central Virginia. The newspaper and Web site are owned by Media General, a multimedia corporation based in Richmond with newspapers, television stations and online operations in the Southeast.

The Kindle edition of the Richmond Times-Dispatch contains articles found in the print edition, but will not include all images and tables. Also, some features such as the crossword puzzle, box scores and classifieds are not currently available. For your convenience, issues are automatically delivered wirelessly to your Kindle so you can read them each morning.