Pennsylvania histories : two hundred years of personalities and events, 1750-1950 / Sheldon Spear.

By: Spear, Sheldon, 1937- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, Maryland : Lehigh University Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (207 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781611462081 (e-book)Subject(s): Pennsylvania -- Biography | Pennsylvania -- History -- 1775-1865 | Pennsylvania -- History -- 1865-Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pennsylvania histories : two hundred years of personalities and events, 1750-1950.DDC classification: 974.8 LOC classification: F153 | .S695 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Benjamin A. Bidlack: unknown diplomat -- George Washington Woodward: Pennsylvania Copperhead -- Terence V. Powderly: Knight of Labor -- Frank P. Slattery, Jr.: municipal reformer -- Congressman Daniel J. Flood: anthracite warrior -- Northeastern Pennsylvania in American history -- The Moravians: Pennsylvania Dutch missionaries -- French and British refugees on the Susquehanna -- Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin: pioneer priest of the Alleghenies -- Thomas Cooper: a radical for all seasons -- The origins of Lackawanna County -- Jane Grey Swisshelm: pioneer female journalist -- The burning of Chambersburg: a Civil War event -- The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia -- Henry Ossawa Tanner: expatriate Philadelphia painter -- Pennsylvania social history: a glimpse of Pittsburgh (1880-1918) -- From double hanging to double hanging: semi-public executions in Wilkes-Barre and Tunkhannock, 1893-1909 -- John O'Hara: the Pottsville connection -- The Whiz Kids and the Bums: the National League pennant race of 1950 -- Pennsylvania children in the age of anthracite -- The origins of Pennsylvania place names.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Benjamin A. Bidlack: unknown diplomat -- George Washington Woodward: Pennsylvania Copperhead -- Terence V. Powderly: Knight of Labor -- Frank P. Slattery, Jr.: municipal reformer -- Congressman Daniel J. Flood: anthracite warrior -- Northeastern Pennsylvania in American history -- The Moravians: Pennsylvania Dutch missionaries -- French and British refugees on the Susquehanna -- Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin: pioneer priest of the Alleghenies -- Thomas Cooper: a radical for all seasons -- The origins of Lackawanna County -- Jane Grey Swisshelm: pioneer female journalist -- The burning of Chambersburg: a Civil War event -- The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia -- Henry Ossawa Tanner: expatriate Philadelphia painter -- Pennsylvania social history: a glimpse of Pittsburgh (1880-1918) -- From double hanging to double hanging: semi-public executions in Wilkes-Barre and Tunkhannock, 1893-1909 -- John O'Hara: the Pottsville connection -- The Whiz Kids and the Bums: the National League pennant race of 1950 -- Pennsylvania children in the age of anthracite -- The origins of Pennsylvania place names.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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