Author: Lester A. DeCoster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Legacy of Penn's Woods
Author: Lester A. DeCoster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Dark History of Penn's Woods
Author: Jennifer L. Green
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 1955041016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
“Dark History of Penn’s Woods is the perfect book to keep you up all night... It’s ghostly, it’s ghastly, and we guarantee some of the included photos will stay with you!” — Philly Mag When ships under the command of white Europeans first sailed into the Delaware Bay in 1609, southeastern Pennsylvania's documented history of the strange and unusual began. This book tackles seven true "dark histories" from Chester and Delaware counties, which include tales of murder, witchcraft, cannibalism, tragic accidents and macabre events that actually happened in the Greater Philadelphia region. All stories are meticulously researched and placed within the greater context of Pennsylvania and world history. For example, the murder of three children by an indentured servant is placed within the context the kidnapping of children into servitude in England for sale to the Americas. The trial and execution of a woman for killing her infants is placed within the context of the rights of women in early America and how the court system failed them. The treatment of witchcraft is placed within the larger relationship of Quakers with the supernatural in Pennsylvania. This is not a book of ghost stories; this is an exploration of the real events that led people to believe in ghosts. It aims to strike a balance between a colloquial work that is accessible by a variety of readers, and an solid academic work.
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 1955041016
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
“Dark History of Penn’s Woods is the perfect book to keep you up all night... It’s ghostly, it’s ghastly, and we guarantee some of the included photos will stay with you!” — Philly Mag When ships under the command of white Europeans first sailed into the Delaware Bay in 1609, southeastern Pennsylvania's documented history of the strange and unusual began. This book tackles seven true "dark histories" from Chester and Delaware counties, which include tales of murder, witchcraft, cannibalism, tragic accidents and macabre events that actually happened in the Greater Philadelphia region. All stories are meticulously researched and placed within the greater context of Pennsylvania and world history. For example, the murder of three children by an indentured servant is placed within the context the kidnapping of children into servitude in England for sale to the Americas. The trial and execution of a woman for killing her infants is placed within the context of the rights of women in early America and how the court system failed them. The treatment of witchcraft is placed within the larger relationship of Quakers with the supernatural in Pennsylvania. This is not a book of ghost stories; this is an exploration of the real events that led people to believe in ghosts. It aims to strike a balance between a colloquial work that is accessible by a variety of readers, and an solid academic work.
Penn's Woods
Author: Bernard Charles Barnick
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644628147
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Inspired by Walden and by the nature writings of Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, and John Muir, and influenced by the poetry of William Wordsworth, William Cullen Bryant, and other Romantic poets, Bernard Charles Barnick sought to write about nature with feeling and with imagination. In a book designed to make one feel at home in nature, Mr. Barnick shares many of his own observations of birds and other wildlife dating back to his childhood, proceeding through his numerous outdoor excursions in the Wyoming Valley of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and including many of his travels throughout the state. He has combined his love of birds with a love of nature, astronomy, literature, and history to form a uniquely poetic or Romantic view of "Penn's Woods"—a state that is rich both in natural history and in human history.
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644628147
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Inspired by Walden and by the nature writings of Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs, and John Muir, and influenced by the poetry of William Wordsworth, William Cullen Bryant, and other Romantic poets, Bernard Charles Barnick sought to write about nature with feeling and with imagination. In a book designed to make one feel at home in nature, Mr. Barnick shares many of his own observations of birds and other wildlife dating back to his childhood, proceeding through his numerous outdoor excursions in the Wyoming Valley of Northeastern Pennsylvania, and including many of his travels throughout the state. He has combined his love of birds with a love of nature, astronomy, literature, and history to form a uniquely poetic or Romantic view of "Penn's Woods"—a state that is rich both in natural history and in human history.
In Penn's Woods
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Forests and Waters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forest reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
At Work in Penn's Woods
Author: Joseph M. Speakman
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A study of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the most popular programs created by FDR as part of the New Deal, examines Pennsylvania's CCC program, discussing their successful work in the reforestation of the state, upgrading state park recreational facilities, historic preservation, soil conservation, and relief assistance to Pennsylvania families in need.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A study of the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of the most popular programs created by FDR as part of the New Deal, examines Pennsylvania's CCC program, discussing their successful work in the reforestation of the state, upgrading state park recreational facilities, historic preservation, soil conservation, and relief assistance to Pennsylvania families in need.
Penn's Woods, 1682-1932
Author: Edward Embree Wildman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The People of Penn's Woods West
Author: Lee Gutkind
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The Fires of Penn's Woods
Author: Michael J. Klimkos
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981712410
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A history of wildfires / forest fires in Pennsylvania, the founding of forestry science in the state, and how the program has developed to what it is today. Problems faced by firefighters in the suburban-wildland interface
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781981712410
Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Book Description
A history of wildfires / forest fires in Pennsylvania, the founding of forestry science in the state, and how the program has developed to what it is today. Problems faced by firefighters in the suburban-wildland interface
Into The American Woods
Author: James H Merrell
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393319767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The bloodshed and hatred of frontier conflict at once made go-betweens obsolete and taught the harsh lesson of the woods: the final incompatibility of colonial and native dreams about the continent they shared. Long erased from history, the go-betweens of early America are recovered here in vivid detail.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393319767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
The bloodshed and hatred of frontier conflict at once made go-betweens obsolete and taught the harsh lesson of the woods: the final incompatibility of colonial and native dreams about the continent they shared. Long erased from history, the go-betweens of early America are recovered here in vivid detail.
Dark History of Penn's Woods
Author: Jennifer L. Green
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 9781955041164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Brookline Books
ISBN: 9781955041164
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Eight chilling stories of crime, disaster and unusual deaths from southeastern Pennsylvania.