It happened in Pennsylvania / Fran Capo and Scott Bruce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capo, Fran, 1959-

Contributor:

Bruce, Scott, 1954-

Series:

It happened in series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pennsylvania--History--Anecdotes.

Pennsylvania.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 204 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, ©2011.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-199) and index.

ISBN:

9780762764099

0762764090

OCLC:

666237516