| 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 -- Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin: pioneer priest of the Alleghenies -- Thomas Cooper: a radical for all seasons -- Jane Grey Swisshelm: pioneer female journalist -- Henry Ossawa Tanner: expatriate Philadelphia painter -- John O'Hara: the Pottsville connection -- The Moravians: German missionaries in Pennsylvania -- French and British refugees on the Susquehanna -- Northeastern Pennsylvania in American history: the early Industrial Revolution -- The origins of Lackawanna County -- The burning of Chambersburg: a Civil War event -- The Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia -- Pennsylvania social history: a glimpse of Pittsburgh (1870-1920) -- Northwestern Pennsylvania: Petrolia and Erie -- From double hanging to double hanging: semi-public executions in Wilkes-Barre and Tunkhannock, 1893-1909 -- 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-176) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015033932 |
| ISBN | 9781611462074 (cloth : alk. paper) |
