Author: Cindy Vasko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634991278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Series statement from publisher's website.
Abandoned Western Pennsylvania
Author: Cindy Vasko
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634991278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Series statement from publisher's website.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781634991278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Series statement from publisher's website.
Abandoned Tracks
Author: W. Thomas Mainwaring
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268103607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268103607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In Abandoned Tracks, W. Thomas Mainwaring bridges the gap between scholarly and popular perceptions of the Underground Railroad. Historians have long recognized that many aspects of the Underground Railroad have been mythologized by emotion, memory, time, and wishful thinking. Mainwaring’s book is a rich, in-depth attempt to separate fact from fiction in one local area, while also contributing to a scholarly discussion of the Underground Railroad by placing Washington County, Pennsylvania, in the national context. Just as the North was not consistent in its perspective on the Civil War and the slavery issue, the Underground Railroad had distinct regional variations. Washington County had a well-organized abolition movement, even though its members helped a comparatively small number of fugitive slaves escape, largely because of the small nearby slave population in what was then western Virginia. Its origins as a slave county make it an interesting case study of the transition from slavery to freedom and of the origins of black and white abolitionism. Abandoned Tracks lends much to the ongoing scholarly debate about the extent, scope, and nature of the Underground Railroad. This book is written both for scholars of abolitionism and the Underground Railroad and for an audience interested in local history.
Abandoned America
Author: Matthew Christopher
Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN: 9782361950941
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.
Publisher: Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN: 9782361950941
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.
Pennsylvania Ghost Towns
Author: Susan Tassin
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811734110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia -- Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811734110
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
- Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia -- Ephrata Cloister, Lancaster County.
Pennsylvania's Forgotten History
Author: Johnny Joo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998101675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Pennsylvania's Forgotten History" - a 350-page hardcover book filled with abandoned and forgotten places across Pennsylvania.Explore the history of the state of Pennsylvania in a unique way - through its abandoned and forgotten architecture, towns, factories and more.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998101675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
"Pennsylvania's Forgotten History" - a 350-page hardcover book filled with abandoned and forgotten places across Pennsylvania.Explore the history of the state of Pennsylvania in a unique way - through its abandoned and forgotten architecture, towns, factories and more.
Haunted Hills and Hollows: What Lurks in Greene County, Pennsylvania
Author: Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Kevin Paul
Publisher: Visionary Living, Inc.
ISBN: 1942157320
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Ghosts & Hauntings Occult & Paranormal Supernatural
Publisher: Visionary Living, Inc.
ISBN: 1942157320
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Ghosts & Hauntings Occult & Paranormal Supernatural
Coal Run
Author: Tawni O'Dell
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451215123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780451215123
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
With her eagerly awaited second novel, Tawni O'Dell takes readers back to the coal-mining country of western Pennsylvania. Set in a town ravaged and haunted by a mine explosion that took the lives of 96 men, Coal Run explores the life of local deputy and erstwhile football legend, "The Great Ivan Z.," as he prepares for a former teammate's imminent release from prison. As the week unfolds and Ivan struggles to confront his demons, he reveals himself to be a man whose conscience is burdened by a long-held and shocking secret.
Haunted Pennsylvania
Author: Mark Nesbitt
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811732983
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811732983
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Eerie stories of ghosts, spirits, and hauntings from across the Keystone State.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike
Author: Mitchell E. Dakelman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439631840
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
See how the Pennsylvania Turnpike proved the doubters wrong and came to be known as the World's Greatest Highway. The Pennsylvania Turnpike is one of the best-known highways in the United States. Most Pennsylvania Turnpike travelers are unaware that its construction was inspired by the route of the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad. In the 1930s, men of great vision conceived, planned, and built the nation's first long-distance superhighway using the abandoned railroad's partially finished tunnels as its foundation. The Pennsylvania Turnpike draws from the extensive photograph collection in the Pennsylvania State Archives. Many were taken by photographers hired by both the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and its contractors, and most have never been published previously. Originally predicted to be a financial failure, the project wound up being a tremendous success and, eventually was expanded and improved, laying the groundwork for the nation's Interstate Highway System.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439631840
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
See how the Pennsylvania Turnpike proved the doubters wrong and came to be known as the World's Greatest Highway. The Pennsylvania Turnpike is one of the best-known highways in the United States. Most Pennsylvania Turnpike travelers are unaware that its construction was inspired by the route of the never-completed South Pennsylvania Railroad. In the 1930s, men of great vision conceived, planned, and built the nation's first long-distance superhighway using the abandoned railroad's partially finished tunnels as its foundation. The Pennsylvania Turnpike draws from the extensive photograph collection in the Pennsylvania State Archives. Many were taken by photographers hired by both the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and its contractors, and most have never been published previously. Originally predicted to be a financial failure, the project wound up being a tremendous success and, eventually was expanded and improved, laying the groundwork for the nation's Interstate Highway System.
The Ku Klux Klan in Western Pennsylvania, 1921–1928
Author: John Craig
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611461650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Relying primarily on a narrative, chronological approach, this study examines Ku Klux Klan activities in Pennsylvania’s twenty-five western-most counties, where the state organization enjoyed greatest numerical strength. The work covers the period between the Klan’s initial appearance in the state in 1921 and its virtual disappearance by 1928, particularly the heyday of the Invisible Empire, 1923–1925. This book examines a wide variety of KKK activities, but devotes special attention to the two large and deadly Klan riots in Carnegie and Lilly, as well as vigilantism associated with the intolerant order. Klansmen were drawn from a pool of ordinary Pennsylvanians who were driven, in part, by the search for fraternity, excitement, and civic betterment. However, their actions were also motivated by sinister, darker emotions and purposes. Disdainful of the rule of law, the Klan sought disorder and mayhem in pursuit of a racist, nativist, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish agenda.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1611461650
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Relying primarily on a narrative, chronological approach, this study examines Ku Klux Klan activities in Pennsylvania’s twenty-five western-most counties, where the state organization enjoyed greatest numerical strength. The work covers the period between the Klan’s initial appearance in the state in 1921 and its virtual disappearance by 1928, particularly the heyday of the Invisible Empire, 1923–1925. This book examines a wide variety of KKK activities, but devotes special attention to the two large and deadly Klan riots in Carnegie and Lilly, as well as vigilantism associated with the intolerant order. Klansmen were drawn from a pool of ordinary Pennsylvanians who were driven, in part, by the search for fraternity, excitement, and civic betterment. However, their actions were also motivated by sinister, darker emotions and purposes. Disdainful of the rule of law, the Klan sought disorder and mayhem in pursuit of a racist, nativist, anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish agenda.