The first definitive documentary of this tragic event along one of the country's most beautiful rivers. August 18-20, 1955: Three terrifying days and nights still remembered with awe in the Delaware River valley. Record-breaking rainfall from hurricanes Connie and Diane abruptly ended a withering drought, but the relief was short-lived. It was soon overshadowed by terror and ...

Manufacturer: Word Forge Books
Written By: Mary A. Shafer

Through the years poets and journalists have captured the character of the locomotive, some transforming it into an animate creature, others such as William Dean Howells and Thomas Wolf relating a symbolic odyssey by train. Here, in a pictorial history, Jim Shaughnessy turns an eloquent photographer's eye to the Delaware & Hudson, the line that began in 1823 as a canal system to transport ...

Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Written By: Jim Shaughnessy

When Washington made his famous crossing of the Delaware River, it is a shame be couldn't have invited local historian Frank T. Dale along for the ride. Dale could have suggested the easiest crossing points. Fortunately for contemporary readers, Dale has written a fascinating book chronicling thirty-five of the most historic bridges crossing the Delaware, some of which have served the residents of ...

Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
Written By: Frank T. Dale

Manufacturer: Joshua E. Hannum
Written By: Joshua Eyre Hannum

Manufacturer: SAG Publications
Written By: Peter Stebbins Craig

Manufacturer: S. Gray
Written By: Shawn Gray

Manufacturer: Published for the Delaware County Chapter, O.G.S., and the Delaware County Historical Society [by] Marilyn M. and George R. Cryder
Written By: Marilyn M Cryder

Written By: Duane K Hale

Manufacturer: Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
Written By: Robert G Swift

Arranged chronologically from 1728 to 1748 during the period of Franklin's personal charge, this useful reference tool consists of genealogical abstracts of the most important newspaper in 18th-century America--the Pennsylvania Gazette. Concerned with everything newsworthy, the Gazette featured a variety of human interest stories which, in contemporary terms, translate into strong genealogical ...

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: Kenneth Scott