Spear, Sheldon,  1937- <br/><br/>
Pennsylvania histories :  two hundred years of personalities and events, 1750-1950 / 
Sheldon Spear. 
 - 1 online resource (207 pages) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611462081 (e-book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pennsylvania--Biography.<br/>Pennsylvania--History--1775-1865.<br/>Pennsylvania--History--1865-
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F153  / .S695 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>974.8