Biographies of Famous People Buried in Pennsylvania
Joe Farrell and Joe Farley are back with more interesting biographies and unusual tombstones.
Included in this volume:
- Nick ADAMS “Johnny Yuma Was a Rebel”
- Marian ANDERSON “A Voice Heard Once in a Hundred Years”
- “Babes in the Woods”
- John BARRYMORE “The Great Profile”
- Robert CASEY “The Three Time Loss from Holy Cross”
- Jimmy DORSEY “A Fabulous Dorsey”
- FLIGHT 93 Crash Site “40 Heroes”
- “Four Founders”
- “Fox and Cox”
- Joe William FRAZIER “Smokin’ Joe”
- Dave GARROWAY “The Communicator”
- Harry GREB “The Human Windmill”
- John Frederick HARTRANFT “Old Johnny”
- Robert (Bob) HESS “More than Just a Scientist”
- “The Kelayres Massacre”
- John MCDERMOTT “Golf’s Unknown Champion”
- Mary Pinchot MEYER “The Mysterious Case of Mary Pinchot Meyer”
- Joe PATERNO “JoePa”
- Teddy PENDERGRASS “Life Is a Song Worth Singing”
- Molly PITCHER “From Molly Pitcher to Black Hawk Down”
- Art ROONEY “The Chief”
- Lillian RUSSELL “The Great American Beauty”
- Arlen SPECTER “The Single Bullet Theory Senator”
- ”Titanic Victims and Survivors”
- Willie THROWER “Football’s Jackie Robinson”
- “Pirates’ Pride”
- John UPDIKE “One of America’s Best”
- Grover WASHINGTON, Jr. “The Smooth Jazzman”
- Anthony WAYNE “Mad Anthony”
- Unusual Tombstones
by Farrell & Farley
Page Count: 256
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Publish Date: March 26. 2020
Imprint: Sunbury Press
Genre: History
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Rich & Famous
History / US History / Mid-Atlantic
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