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  • Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania

    by Thomas White ...
    Series series American Legends
    Thomas White spins a beguiling yarn with tales that reach from the misty hollows of the Alleghenies to the lost islands of Pittsburgh. Oppaymolleah's Curse. General Braddock's buried gold. The original man of steel, Joe Magarac. Such legends have found a home among the rich folklore of Western Pennsylvania. White invites readers to learn the truth behind the urban legend of the Green Man, ... Read more

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  • Baptist Foundations

    Church Government for an Anti-Institutional Age

    Ours is an anti-polity age, perhaps more than any other time in the history of the church. Yet polity remains as important now as it was in the New Testament.What then is a right or biblical polity? The contributors to this volume make an exegetical and theological case for a Baptist polity. Right polity, they argue, is congregationalism, elder leadership, diaconal service, regenerate church ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania

    by Thomas White ...
    Series series Forgotten Tales
    What do you really know about the Keystone State? William Penn, the Revolutionary figures of Philadelphia, and the strength of Pittsburgh's steel all loom large in Pennsylvania's history, but author Thomas White brings together a collection of tales that have been cast in the shadows of these giant icons. From the 1869 storm that pelted Chester County with snails to the bloody end of the Cooley ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

    Series series Forgotten Tales
    A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with ... Read more

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  • Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh

    by Thomas White ...
    Series series Forgotten Tales
    Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events. Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark's inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla. A ... Read more

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  • The Witch of the Monongahela

    Folk Magic in Early Western Pennsylvania

    by Thomas White ...
    A look at the folklore surrounding the legendary Pennsylvanian witch, and the facts behind them.In the ancient hills and misty hollows of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, generations of locals have passed down stories of a woman with mysterious magical powers. People came from near and far to seek healing and protection through her strange rituals. Some even believed she could fly. Named Moll Derry ... Read more

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  • Haunted Roads of Western Pennsylvania

    Series series Haunted America
    The twisty roads—and twisted tales—of the Appalachian Mountains make for distracted driving in western Pennsylvania.Ghostly travelers are said to wander the lonely roads of western Pennsylvania. A creeping fog rises from Blue Mist Road, and stories of car crashes, lynchings and even strange beasts haunt this isolated stretch outside Pittsburgh. Is it the angry spirit of a jealous husband or a ... Read more

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  • Witches of Pennsylvania

    Occult History & Lore

    by Thomas White ...
    A folklorist chronicles the history and lore of witchcraft in the Keystone State from William Penn's 17th century witch trial to 20th century occultism.As English and German settlers migrated to Pennsylvania, they brought their beliefs in magic with them from the Old World—sometimes with dangerous consequences. In 1802, for example, an Allegheny County judge helped an accused witch escape an angry ... Read more

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  • Ghosts of Southwestern Pennsylvania

    by Thomas White ...
    Series series Haunted America
    The author of Witches of Pennsylvania and "Pittsburgh's Historian of the Supernatural" takes on the region's folklore, ghost stories, and urban legends (Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership).The ghostly woman of Summit Cut Bridge, a black hound that guards the Gates of Hell and the whispering dead entombed beneath the Black Cross—these are the spirits of southwestern Pennsylvania. Join local author ... Read more

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  • The Edison Enigma

    by Thomas White ...
    Dr. Tom Edison, a present-day physicist, discovers the secret to time travel. He soon learns that he wasn’t the first to make this discovery. He also finds out that the discovery was used to change the history of the world. Dr. Edison goes back to correct this intrusion of time and restore the Earth to its original destiny, until fate takes a turn. ... Read more

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  • Gangs and Outlaws of Western Pennsylvania

    Violent bank heists, bold train robberies and hardened gangs all tear across the history of the wild west--western Pennsylvania, that is. The region played reluctant host to the likes of the infamous Biddle Boys, who escaped Allegheny County Jail by romancing the warden's wife, and the Cooley Gang, which held Fayette County in its violent grip at the close of the nineteenth century. Then there was ... Read more

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  • Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania

    Ghosts, Monsters and Miracles

    Edited by Thomas White ...
    Local legends and paranormal mysteries of Pennsylvania—photos included.Strange creatures and tales of the supernatural thrive in Pennsylvania, from ghostly children who linger by their graves to werewolves that ambush nighttime travelers. Passed down over generations, Keystone State legends and lore provide both thrilling stories and dire warnings.Phantom trains chug down the now removed rails of ... Read more

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