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  • The Hidden History of Delaware County: Untold Tales from Cobb's Creek to the Brandywine

    by Mark E. Dixon ...
    Series series Hidden History
    Andrew Wyeth is renowned for his paintings of the Chadds Ford countryside, but what about the his brother, the inventor of the plastic soda bottle? Then there is Bill Haley of Booth's Corner who, along with the help of a few Delaware Valley teenagers, came up with a new sound called rock-and-roll. With a fascinating and occasionally uproarious collection of his Main Line Today magazine columns, ... Read more

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  • The Hidden History of Chester County: Lost Tales from the Delaware and Brandywine Valleys

    by Mark E. Dixon ...
    Series series Hidden History
    On an Oxford bound train in 1866 Mary Miles refused to move to the 'blacks-only' section, eighty-nine years before Rosa Parks' famous ride. Eight years later in a West Chester courtroom photographic evidence was used for the first time. Soon after that the hills of Westtown became the testing grounds for the Flexible Flyer, America's original steerable sled. These are among the extraordinary ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges Into Pennsylvania

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Plunges Into
    From Pittsburgh to Philly, Steelers to Eagles, chocolate to Peeps--it's all here. Uncle John has put together this absolutely awesome anthology of Pennsylvania facts, firsts, famous feats, and much more.Take a ride on the Reading Railroad! (Either pronunciation of “Reading” works here.) Yes, the Keystone State is rich in history, beauty, and the world’s most delicious cheesesteak (Whiz wit!). ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • My Ears Are Bent

    by Joseph Mitchell ...
    Famed New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell, as a young newspaper reporter in 1930s New York, interviewed fan dancers, street evangelists, voodoo conjurers, not to mention a lady boxer who also happened to be a countess. Mitchell haunted parts of the city now vanished: the fish market, burlesque houses, tenement neighborhoods, and storefront churches. Whether he wrote about a singing first baseman for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Wedding of the Waters

    The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation

    by Peter L. Bernstein ...
    **New York Times BestsellerThe epic account of how one narrow ribbon of water forever changed the course of American history.**The history of the Erie Canal is a riveting story of American ingenuity. A great project that Thomas Jefferson judged to be “little short of madness,” and that others compared with going to the moon, soon turned into one of the most successful and influential public ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • 150 Years of Racing in Saratoga

    Little-Known Stories & Fact's from America's Most Historic Racing City

    by Allan Carter, Mike Kane ...
    Celebrate a century and a half of horse racing in Saratoga Springs with stories of the events, horse and people who have made its summers so special.Since the inaugural meeting of August 1863, Saratoga Springs is home to one of the oldest sports venues in the country and has been the scene of memorable races, often featuring legends of the sport. Although some of the epic moments are still ... Read more

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  • The Man with the Sawed-Off Leg and Other Tales of a New York City Block

    by Daniel J. Wakin ...
    They stand proudly gazing across the Hudson River at the cliffs of New Jersey. Their brows are marked by ornamental pediments. Greek columns stand as sentries by their entrances and stone medallions bedeck their chests. They are seven graceful relics of Beaux Arts New York, townhouses built more than 100 years ago for a new class of industrialists, actors and scientists -- many from abroad -- who ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Fatal Sunday

    George Washington, the Monmouth Campaign, and the Politics of Battle

    by Mark Edward Lender, Garry Wheeler Stone, Ph.D ...
    Series series Campaigns and Commanders Series
    Historians have long considered the Battle of Monmouth one of the most complicated engagements of the American Revolution. Fought on Sunday, June 28, 1778, Monmouth was critical to the success of the Revolution. It also marked a decisive turning point in the military career of George Washington. Without the victory at Monmouth Courthouse, Washington's critics might well have marshaled the ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Washington County

    by Mary H. Rubin ...
    Series series Images of America
    In the heart of the Cumberland Valley, between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, lies Washington County�site of one of the nation�s oldest settlements dating back to 1737. Its location betweenPennsylvania and West Virginia places this county at the crossroads of history and commerce. Washington County celebrates the birth and survival of a place and its people over centuries and mirrors the ... Read more

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  • Levittown

    by Richard Wagner, Amy Duckett Wagner ...
    Series series Images of America
    Levittown was created in Bucks County outside of Philadelphia in 1951. As one of the largest "planned communities" in America, this book's superb collection of history and photographs illustrates the birth and growth of this unique area. In 1951, Levittown was created in Bucks County outside of Philadelphia by builder pioneers Levitt and Sons. Dubbed the largest and "most perfectly planned" ... Read more

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  • The Legacy of Fort William Henry

    Resurrecting the Past

    by David R. Starbuck ...
    Fort William Henry, America’s early frontier fort at the southern end of Lake George, New York, was a flashpoint for conflict between the British and French empires in America. The fort is perhaps best known as the site of a massacre of British soldiers by Native Americans allied with the French that took place in 1757. Over the past decade, new and exciting archeological findings, in tandem with ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • New York's Liners

    by John A. Fostik MBA ...
    Series series Images of America
    For 175 years, passenger ships have crossed the Atlantic, linking the Old World with the New World. Between 1892 and 1954, more than 12 million immigrants passed through the port of New York. National rivalries caused ships to grow in size, speed, and a comfort that had once been unimaginable. The advent of the passenger jet in 1958 changed how people travel. New York's harbor is now quieter, and ... Read more

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