Book Description
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia -- Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.
Author : Susan Tassin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 32,78 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0811734110
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia -- Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.
Author : Curtis R. Lytle
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Landrus (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : Richard T. Hughes
Publisher :
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Clearfield County (Pa.)
ISBN :
Author : Jessica Weible
Publisher : Sunbury Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781620062777
On assignment for a small-town newspaper in rural Pennsylvania, rookie reporter, Jessica Weible, meets Joan Swigart, a creative fireball and "pioneer in print". As the two women forge a relationship based on their passion for storytelling, Joan reveals a mystery that she had discovered years ago, but had never solved-a pile of dead letters found in an abandoned general store, just before it was torn down. Joan gives Jessica the letters, each stamped and dated over a hundred years ago, and encourages Jessica to investigate the untold stories of the people and places contained in each one. What begins as yet another assignment for the reporter, a young millennial who relies happily on email and texting as the primary means of communication, develops into a heartfelt mission to tell the story of the people and places in the letters. The young reporter's journey takes unexpected twists and turns through the quiet lumber towns of Pennsylvania, the early American settlements in Massachusetts, the bustling crowds at Ellis Island, the violent strikes at the Passaic textile mills, and beyond. Dead Letters is an intimate portrait of small town America and the people who, at times, risked everything in pursuit of economic prosperity, religious freedom, and social equity.
Author : Ryan Stowinsky
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781634990950
Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : Harry Kinney
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release :
Category : Stewardson (Pa. : Township)
ISBN :
Author : Mark Nesbitt
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 34,11 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0811732983
Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.
Author : David Dekok
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0762758244
How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town * For much of its history, Centralia, Pennsylvania, had a population of around 2,000. By 1981, this had dwindled to just over 1,000—not unusual for a onetime mining town. But as of 2007, Centralia had the unwelcome distinction of being the state’s tiniest municipality, with a population of nine. The reason: an underground fire that began in 1962 has decimated the town with smoke and toxic gases, and has since made history. Fire Underground is the completely updated classic account of the fire that has been raging under Centralia for decades. David DeKok tells the story of how the fire actually began and how government officials failed to take effective action. By 1981 the fire was spewing deadly gases into homes. A twelve-year-old boy dropped into a steaming hole as a congressman toured nearby. DeKok describes how the people of Centralia banded together to finally win relocation funds—and he reveals what has happened to the few remaining residents as the fiftieth anniversary of the fire’s beginning nears.
Author : Susan Hutchison Tassin
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 16,3 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0811749878
Explores towns, settlements, forts, and other areas that have been completely deserted or brought back to life as tourist attractions.
Author : Glenn Morris
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,40 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781634990615
Series statement from publisher's website.