Geographic Orientation/Pennsylvania
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Banished from Johnstown: Racist Backlash in Pennsylvania
$23.99 Add to cartAuthor and journalist Cody McDevitt tells the story of one of the worst civil rights injustices in Western Pennsylvania history.
In 1923, in response to the fatal shooting of four policemen, the mayor
- Series: American Heritage
- Author: McDevitt, Cody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 27 2020
- ISBN10: 1467142743
- Language: English
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Into the American Woods: Negotiators on the Pennsylvania Frontier
$29.99 Add to cartJames Merrell’s brilliant book is an account of the “go-betweens,” the Europeans and Indians who moved between cultures on the Pennsylvania frontier in efforts to maintain the peace. It is also a refl
- Author: Merrell, James H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0393319768
- Language: English
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Wicked Carlisle:: The Dark Side of the Cumberland Valley
$21.99 Add to cartWith Wicked Carlisle, author Joe Cress revisits the criminal history of Cumberland County. Taking a more focused and less bloody approach, Cress will largely bring new stories of mischief to the table… [more below]
- Series: Wicked
- Author: Cress, Joseph David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 10 2012
- ISBN10: 160949525X
- Language: English
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Birds of the Lake Erie Region
$28.00 Add to cartThis latest collaboration of Carolyn V. Platt and Gary Meszaros is a beautifully photographed book that explores Lake Erie and its effects on the birds that make this region their home.
Birds of the L
- Author: Platt, Carolyn V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 21 2001
- ISBN10: 0873386906
- Language: English
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Mayor: The Best Job in Politics
$29.95 Add to cartIn 2007, after serving almost fifteen years on the Philadelphia City Council, Michael A. Nutter became the ninety-eighth mayor of his hometown of Philadelphia. From the time he was sworn in until he l
- Series: City in the Twenty-First Century
- Author: Nutter, Michael A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: January 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0812250028
- Language: English
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Gettysburg–The Second Day
$38.00 Add to cartThe second day’s fighting at Gettysburg–the assault of the Army of Northern Virginia against the Army of the Potomac on 2 July 1863–was probably the critical engagement of that decisive battle and, … [more below]
- Series: Civil War America
- Author: Pfanz, Harry W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: March 02 1998
- ISBN10: 0807847305
- Language: English
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Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania
$14.99 Add to cartWhat 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 Th
- Series: Forgotten Tales
- Author: White, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 159629812X
- Language: English
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W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Company
$31.99 Add to cartIn 1905, John Russell “Russ” Case brought the fledgling W. R. Case & Sons Company to Bradford, and it dominated the knife industry for the next century. From kitchen, hunting, and pocket knives to the… [more below]
- Author: Boser, Shirley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 12 2006
- ISBN10: 1531623441
- Language: English
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Bringing the Heat
$20.00 Add to cartBringing the Heat is the story of one team’s season-long campaign for the NFL championship, told through the personal stories of the men on the field and the coaches, managers, and owner on the sideli… [more below]
- Author: Bowden, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: December 02 1999
- ISBN10: 0871137720
- Language: English
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Controlled Chaos: Chip Kelly’s Football Revolution
$21.00 Add to cartThe author of The Tao of Chip Kelly returns with deep insight into the mind of one of the NFL’s most innovative and increasingly controversial coaches.
- Author: Saltveit, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 260
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1626818231
- Language: English
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Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America’s Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster
$18.99 Add to cart“Reads like a nail-biting thriller.” — Library Journal, starred review
A gripping new history celebrating the remarkable heroes of the Johnstown Flood–the deadliest flood in U.S. history–from NBC h
- Author: Roker, Al
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0062445537
- Language: English
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A Field Guide to Gettysburg, Second Edition: Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People
$27.00 Add to cartThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize… [more below]
- Author: Reardon, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: May 08 2017
- ISBN10: 1469633361
- Language: English
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The Gettysburg Campaign: A Study in Command
$35.00 Add to cartThe Battle of Gettysburg remains one of the most controversial military actions in America’s history, and one of the most studied.Professor Coddington’s is an analysis not only of the battle proper, b… [more below]
- Author: Coddington, Edwin B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: March 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0684845695
- Language: English
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Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love
$19.99 Add to cartWhen Benny Martinez walks into the offices of the Philadelphia Daily News in 2008 to speak with reporter Wendy Ruderman, the paper is on the brink of bankruptcy. What he tells Wendy and her colleague
- Author: Ruderman, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 006208545X
- Language: English
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Pennsylvania Scrapple: A Delectable History
$23.99 Add to cartJoin author Amy Strauss as she traces the sizzling history and culture of a beloved and sustaining Pennsylvania Dutch iconic dish, scrapple.
The name may remind you of a certain word-based board game,
- Series: American Palate
- Author: Strauss, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 09 2017
- ISBN10: 162585885X
- Language: English
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Philadelphia Phillies
$31.99 Add to cartThe Philadelphia Phillies, one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball, have maintained a strong, loyal fan base for over 125 years. Despite historic set backs, the franchise has proven resilient… [more below]
- Author: Kearney, Seamus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: April 18 2011
- ISBN10: 1531648835
- Language: English
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Trout Streams and Hatches of Pennsylvania: A Complete Fly-Fishing Guide to 140 Streams
$31.99 Add to cartMany of the 10,000 miles of classified trout water in the state is easily accessible from major population centers. But this massive, complete work also includes smaller “secret” streams in remote reg… [more below]
- Series: Trout Streams #0
- Author: Meck, Charles R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 410
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 088150453X
- Language: English
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Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy
$19.00 Add to cartOriginally published: c2007. With new afterword and interview.
- Author: Kraybill, Donald B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 22 2010
- ISBN10: 0470344040
- Language: English
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Explorer’s Guide 50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania: Walks and Day Hikes from the Laurel Highlands to Lake Erie
$22.99 Add to cartThe hiking trails of western Pennsylvania offer both novice and experienced hikers a tempting variety of natural terrain and human history. Now veteran trailblazer and outdoor activist Tom Thwaites ha
- Series: 50 Hikes in Western Pennsylvania: Walks & Day Hikes from the #0
- Author: Thwaites, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 218
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0881504734
- Language: English
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Stolen: Five Free Boys Kidnapped Into Slavery and Their Astonishing Odyssey Home
$20.00 Add to cartThis “superbly researched and engaging” (The Wall Street Journal) true story about five boys who were kidnapped in the North and smuggled into slavery in the Deep South–and their daring attempt to es… [more below]
- Author: Bell, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1501169440
- Language: English
