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

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

As he did for free blacks in North Carolina and Virginia, Paul Heinegg has reconstructed the history of the free African American communities of Maryland and Delaware by looking at the history of their families. Free African Americans of Maryland and Delaware is a new work that will intrigue genealogists and historians alike. First and foremost, Mr. Heinegg has assembled genealogical ...

Manufacturer: Clearfield Co
Written By: Paul Heinegg

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: Heritage Books
Written By: Carol Bryant

In 1988 the University of Delaware sponsored a conference to honor the 350th anniversary of the establishment of the New Sweden colony on the Delaware River. American scholars in the fields of colonial history, cultural anthropology, and geography as well as colleagues from Sweden and Finland present essays that collectively represent the best modern scholarship on topics related to this ...

Manufacturer: University of Delaware Press
Written By: Carol E. Hoffecker, Richard Waldron

Manufacturer: SAG Publications
Written By: Peter Stebbins Craig

Manufacturer: Heritage Books
Written By: Barbara J. Sivertsen, Barbara L. Covey

DGS Spec. Publ. No. 9. By M.F. Richards et. al; 4,800 names. 128pp. 1996.

Manufacturer: Deleware Genealogical Society
Written By: Mary Fallon Richards

Manufacturer: E.M. Huston
Written By: Elsie McGee Huston