| A Traveler's Guide to Historic Western Pennsylvania Contributor(s): Mulkearn, Lois (Author), Pugh, Edwin V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822983559 ISBN-13: 9780822983552 Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1954 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Travel | United States - Northeast - Middle Atlantic (nj, Ny, Pa) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.35 lbs) 454 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a county-by-county guide to historic landmarks in western Pennsylvania, and how to reach them. Twenty-seven counties are included, along with maps of each. Along the way, travelers will find historic forts, residences of leading citizens, old iron furnaces, grist mills, churches, inns, taverns, tanneries, and many other intriguing places. Historians Lois Mulkearn and Edwin V. Pugh personally visited each site, and provide background vignettes on them, offering interesting facts and highlights gathered from archival documents. |