History
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J R Lindermuth
Hear the Whistle Blowingby John Lindermuth Railroading in the Coal Reg...by John Lindermuth Railroading in the Coal Region Historian John Lindermuth surveys the history of railroading in the Coal Region of Pennsylvania from its earliest days to the introduction of dies... -
M Diane McCormick
Well-Behaved Taverns Seldom Make HistoryPennsylvania Pubs Where Rabble-Rousers and Rum ...Pennsylvania Pubs Where Rabble-Rousers and Rum Runners Stirred Up Revolutions Take a pub crawl through 12 Pennsylvania taverns with rebellious pasts, where the stakes were high and the rum was flow... -
Merrill Shaffer
A Super Steelers JourneyThe 23-Year Quest to Honor Pittsburgh’s Dynasty...The 23-Year Quest to Honor Pittsburgh’s Dynasty Legends Starting with Jack Ham in the summer of 1994 and finally ending with Loren Toews in June of 2017, this book is the story of the 23-year searc... -
Richard L T Orth
The Pennsylvania Dutch: From Migration to Acculturationby Richard L T Orth An invitation to the “Land ...by Richard L T Orth An invitation to the “Land of Milk and Honey” by William Penn led to waves of immigration, various religions, and ethnicities in created a free world religious Utopia, void of p... -
John L Moore
Skunks, Nuts and Other Storiesby John L Moore A Chronicle Culled from the Ora...by John L Moore A Chronicle Culled from the Oral Histories of the Moore/Evans Clan As a boy delivering newspapers after school, author John L. Moore once found a copy of Playboy magazine on the gra... -
Joe Farrell
Murders, Massacres, and Mayhem in the Mid-AtlanticThe authors have combed the Mid-Atlantic region...The authors have combed the Mid-Atlantic region, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Washington, DC, to write about and visit the graves of some of the most horren... -
Giulio Alberoni
Happiness Is in the Kitchenby Giulio Alberoni The Biography of Nouvelle Cu...by Giulio Alberoni The Biography of Nouvelle Cuisine and of Its Protagonist Shortly before he passed away from the effects of Parkinson's disease, master chef Paul Boucuse was interviewed by his go... -
Michael L Hawley
Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumbletyby Michael L HawleyJack the Ripper Suspect Dr. ...by Michael L HawleyJack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety highlights the most recent groundbreaking discoveries concerning one of Scotland Yard’s top Jack the Ripper suspects in the 1888 Whit... -
Jeffrey E Geiger
German Prisoners of War at Camp Cooke, CaliforniaIn 1943, the first great wave of Hitler’s soldi...In 1943, the first great wave of Hitler’s soldier’s came to America, not as goose-stepping conquering heroes, but as prisoners of war. By the time World War II ended in 1945, more than six hundred... -
Lawrence Knorr
Gettysburg Eddie -- The Story of Eddie PlankThe Story of Eddie Plank follows the rise of on...The Story of Eddie Plank follows the rise of one of baseball's greatest left-handed pitchers, from his youth on a Pennsylvania farm to his 1902 pennant-winning glory as a resilient star for the Phi... -
Joe Regenbogen
The Boys of Brookdaleby Joe Regenbogen Sixteen Amazing Stories from ...by Joe Regenbogen Sixteen Amazing Stories from the Second World War Discovered in One Senior-Living Facility Of the 16 million people who served in the Second World War, perhaps less than half a mi... -
Perry County Council of the Arts
Downtown Details: An Artful Perspective of Newport, Pennsylvaniaby PCCA An Artful Perspective of Newport, Penns...by PCCA An Artful Perspective of Newport, Pennsylvania More than a hundred years ago, anonymous Victorian craftsmen created beautiful details for the buildings of downtown Newport. These details we...
