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Traces the history of Schenley High, Pittsburgh's first public high school. Includes 150 original interviews examining issues of class, race, ethnicity, and collaboration, and how these reflect on the history of education in Pittsburgh.

Explores the aftermath of 9/11 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Describes how the local community remembered the event and how it was affected by national media attention. Follows the creation of the national memorial built at the site to honor those aboard Flight 93.

Through the photography of William T. Clarke, explores the impact of the logging industry on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century north-central Pennsylvania.

A collection of essays by poet Julia Spicher Kasdor focusing on aspects of Mennonite life. Essays examine issues of gender, cultural, and religious identity as they relate to the emergence and exercise of literary authority.

Joins together thirty-three short essays on nature, science, country living, and self. Based on hours spent hiking, skiing, botanizing, and observing wild creatures, this work features insightful pieces that the author wrote for his monthly column, "Thornapples," which ran in "Pennsylvania Game News" magazine from the late 1970s until early 1990s.

A humorous account of life in State College, Pennsylvania. Includes reflections on undergraduate life, intercollegiate sports, teaching at Penn State, and the pleasures and frustrations of living in a college town.

A revised and expanded field guide providing descriptions and photographs of more than three hundred types of mushrooms, including details such as their scientific and common names, diagnostic features, size and color, edibility, primary habitats, similar species, and information from recent scientific studies.

Describes the evolution of Penn State's Beaver Stadium (originally Beaver Field) and its iconic status for the Penn State community. Traces the history of the stadium within the context of the university's history and explores how fans have experienced football games from 1887 to the present.

Explores Pennsylvania German versammlinge (meetings), where participants celebrate and preserve their heritage and culture. Argues that these gatherings, conducted in the Pennsylvania German Deitsch language, are rooted in American communicative styles that date back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, before mass and electronic media.

Through both history and personal memoir, examines the role of the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in the shaping of American identity from colonial times to the present.

A guide for identifying and imitating nymphs, with a focus on flyfishing. Also provides information useful to students, stream conservationists, and scientists concerned with monitoring the health of stream ecosystems.

The story of deer management in Pennsylvania is as complex as it is controversial. This book examines the controversy and the effect that herd management has had on the citizens of Pennsylvania: farmers managing deer invasions and property rights, hunters dealing with changing herd densities and increasingly complex restrictions, and others.

"September Swoon" is important because it not only chronicles how the Phillies disintegrated, but also looks at the racial tension surrounding the Phillies star rookie, Richie Allen."

Set Up Running tells the story of a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive engineer, Oscar P. Orr, who operated steam-powered freight and passenger trains throughout central Pennsylvania and south-central New York. From 1904 to 1949, Orr sat at the controls of many famous steam locomotives; moved trains loaded with coal, perishables, and other freight; and encountered virtually every situation a locomotive engineer of that era could expect to see. John W. (Jack) Orr, Oscar's son, tells his father's story, which begins at the Central Steam Heating Plant in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Oscar operated nearly every kind of steam locomotive the Pennsylvania Railroad owned, working from the bottom of the roster to the top position (number one in seniority). Orr has an ear for detail and a vivid memory. He tells about his father's first encounter with an automobile along the right-of-way, about what it was like to operate a train in a blizzard, and about the difficulties railroadmen encountered in stopping a trainload of tank cars loaded with oil in order to take on water and coal--and many other stories. This compelling railroad history will enthrall not only everyone in the railroad community but also the general reader interested in railroads and trains, past and present.

A comprehensive, illustrated guide to the best small museums in Pennsylvania, interweaving anecdotes with the author's own visits along with descriptions of their histories and collections. Travel directions and complete information on each site's visiting hours and more are included.

Chronicles Centralia's demise from an underground coal mine fire and depicts a singular epic event in Pennsylvania history, representing the confluence of environmental, scientific, bureaucratic, and emotional tragedies.

This volume offers perspectives on the Pennsylvania or the Keystone State as it has been nicknamed from scholars who view the history of this Commonwealth critically and honestly, giving a modern account of Pennsylvania's past.

The illustrated story of a river that has served America well, as a point of embarkation for settlers moving westward in the 18th century, through its years as a boatbuilding centre, up to its heavy use in support of the coal and steel industries in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Spanning three centuries, this account describes how the American shad population in the Susquehanna River basin was saved from the brink of extinction. It also shows the integral part the shad has played in the cultural history of the people living locally.

A collection of photographs and essays focusing on postindustrial landscapes and abandoned buildings in Pennsylvania.