It happened in Pennsylvania
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| Language: | English |
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Guilford, CT :
Globe Pequot Press,
Ã2011.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Series: | It happened in series.
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Table of Contents:
- A witch in Pennsylvania, 1683
- For whom the bell cracked, 1752
- The birth of a nation, 1776
- Up, up, and away! 1793
- An expedition in search of a beginning, 1803
- The Eastern State Penitentiary, 1829
- The Christiana riot, 1851
- The lost children of the Alleghenies, 1856
- Well? That's a deep subject, 1859
- The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
- Memorial Day in Boalsburg, 1864-1865
- The handprint on the wall, 1877
- A million-dollar baby is born, 1879
- Punxsutawney Phil, 1887
- Water, water everywhere and way too much to drink, 1889
- The birth of professional football, 1892
- Tragedy at 700 feet below, 1911
- Fill 'er up : convenience on the road, 1913
- The first armored car robbery in history, 1927
- Getting gypped on the jeep, 1940
- The road to the future : the Pennsylvania Turnpike, 1940
- A shrine for the lion, 1942
- The Steagles, 1943
- The toy that walked into fame, 1945
- The death fog, 1948
- The homer by the fielder, 1960
- A Greyhound bus and a load of bananas, 1965
- Roswell comes to Pennsylvania, 1965
- The mysterious demise of Dr. Bentley, 1966
- Siamese twins set a precedent, 1977
- Thirty minutes to meltdown, 1979
- Heroes in the sky, 2001
- A potpourri of Pennsylvania facts.
