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1) The Union quilters: an Elm Creek quilts novel

Author

Chiaverini, Jennifer

Publisher

Dutton

Pub. Date

c2011

Physical Desc

viii, 342 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Facing radical changes in their roles and outlooks when the men in their lives join the Union forces, the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee begin an agonizing period of waiting that is shaped by their husbands' military duties and their respective circumstances.

2) Pennsylvania Disasters : True Stories of Tragedy and Survival

Author

Ivory, Karen

Series

Disasters (Globe Pequot)

Language

English

Description

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True accounts of major disasters in Pennsylvania history are retold in this engagingly written collection. From the Johnstown floods of 1889 to the heroic actions on United Flight 193 on 9/11, Pennsylvania has been home to some of the nation's most dramatic moments. Each story reveals not only the circumstances surrounding the disaster and the magnitude of the devastation but also the courage and ingenuity displayed by those who survived and the heroism...

3) Pennsylvania: seed of a nation

Author

Wallace, Paul A. W

Series

A Regions of America book

Publisher

Harper & Row

Pub. Date

[1962]

Edition

[1st ed.]

Physical Desc

322 p. illus. 22 cm.

Language

English

4) Planting of civilization in Western Pennsylvania

Author

Buck, Solon Justus

Publisher

Univ. of Pittsburgh Pr

Pub. Date

1939

Physical Desc

565 p. illus., ports., maps, plans, facsims.

Language

English

Formats

Book, Local History Collection

5) Native Americans' Pennsylvania

Author

Richter, Daniel K

Publisher

Pennsylvania Historical Association

Pub. Date

2005

Physical Desc

100 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

6) My Pennsylvania: a brief history of the commonwealth's sixty-seven counties

Author

Pennsylvania. Dept. of Commerce

Publisher

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Pub. Date

[1946]

Physical Desc

4 p., 165, [1] p. : col. front., illus. (incl. ports., maps) ; 31 cm.

Language

English

7) Pennsylvania history in outline

Author

Stevens, Sylvester Kirby

Publisher

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Pub. Date

1964

Edition

Rev. & enl. ed.

Physical Desc

58 p. ; 23 cm.

Language

English

8) Pennsylvania: birthplace of a nation

Author

Stevens, Sylvester Kirby

Publisher

Random House

Pub. Date

[1964]

Physical Desc

xiii, 399 p. : illus., facsims., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.

Language

English

9) Pennsylvania: a Bicentennial history

Author

Cochran, Thomas Childs

Publisher

Norton

Pub. Date

1978

Physical Desc

xii, 207 p. : [8] leaves of plates, ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

10) Northwestern Pennsylvania railroads

Author

Springirth, Kenneth C

Series

Images of rail

Publisher

Arcadia Pub

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

127 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Language

English

11) Murders, Mysteries and History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania 1800 - 1956

Author

Hilton, Don

Language

English

Description

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Murders, Mysteries and History pulls 150 years of forgotten crimes straight from the pages of yesterday's news about real-life murders and unsolved killings from over 100 cases.