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Here are four, extremely rare, logging railroads that have recently been reprinted. Each book, measuring 8½" x 11", contains dozens of vintage photos of these old locomotives, sawmills, and other unique pieces of equipment from the 19th and early 20th centuries.
 Pitch Pine and Prop Timber–The logging railroads of south central Pennsylvania. Includes lumbering operations from Centre County, east to Montour, south to Lebanon, and west to Fulton County. 100 pages, paperbound #359 Pitch Pine $13.00  |
 Wildcatting on the Mountain The history of the Whitmer and Steele Lumber Companies and other operations in Cambria, Clearfield, Centre, and Union Counties. 64 pages, paperbound #360 Wildcatting $10.50 |
 Dinkies, Dams and Sawdust Logging railroads in Clearfield and Jefferson County towns of Dubois, Brockway, Penfield, Ebensburg, and Punxsutawney. 108 pages, paperbound #361 Dinkies $14.00 |
 "Stemwinders" in the Laurel Highlands Covers the logging industry in the southwestern Pennsylvania counties of Somerset, Fayette, Westmoreland, Bedford, Blair, and Cambria. 116 pages, paperbound #362 Stemwinder $13.00 |
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The
MA & PA A History of the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad
by George W. Hilton Affectionately known as the “Ma and Pa,” the Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad was one of the country’s longest running and best known “archaic” railroads, holding on to steam locomotives and other outmoded technologies well into the 20th century. Connecting Baltimore and York, the line had everything needed to endear itself to local residents and railfans: picturesque equipment, terrific scenery, antique passenger cars, and enough curves–476–for a railroad many times longer than its 77 miles. In eight chapters, Mr. Hilton moves from the line’s narrow-gauge beginnings, its peak during World War One, survival during lean years, to its final decline. 6” x 9” 228 pages, index, illustrated, maps, paperbound #343 The Ma & Pa $20.95 |
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At
Work in Penn's Woods–The Civilian Conservation Corps
in Pennsylvania by
Joseph M. Speakman Most families can trace an ancestor who worked in the CCCs, although you won't find their names here. Nevertheless, this is a terrific history of the Pennsylvania CCC program, one of the largest and most successful in the country. The Commonwealth recruited the second highest number of workers and had the second highest number of work camps in the U.S. The book also contains a complete list of every camp in the state. This book makes a great gift or addition to your family's historic archive. Richly illustrated with vintage photos. 7" x 9" 237 pages, index, illustrated, hardbound ISBN 0-271-02876-9 #92 At Work in Penn's Woods $37.50 |
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Pennsylvania
Firsts–The Famous, Infamous, and Quirky of the Keystone
State by Patrick M. Reynolds If it rolls, rocks, fizzes, flames, or foams, it most likely came from Pennsylvania. If you can ride it, fly it, kick it, wear it, swab it, or walk on it, chances are it was invented in the Commonwealth. Pennsylvania is the home of inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and mechanical wizards who have concocted a plethora of procedures, products, knickknacks, doohickeys, and gizmos that have made life interesting, if not easier. Bubble gum, Vaseline, zippers, Little League baseball, Groundhog Day, the state police force, autogiros, pretzels, soda pop, professional football, movies, the radio, typewriter, nuclear power...they all got their start in PA. 6” x 7 ¼” 192 pages, photos, paperbound #271 PA Firsts $12.95 |
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Weird
Pennsylvania by Matt Lake Your Travel Guide to Pennsylvania’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets A new release, this is a beautifully impresssive book. The pages were designed by two top-notch artists with both color and black and white photos and delightful paintings. Here are descriptions of roadside oddities, ancient mysteries, ghosts, and bizarre beasts, plus quirky statues, odd buildings, and gravesites of the famous and infamous. 9½” x 9½” 272 pages, index, illustrated, hardbound ISBN 1-4027-3279-1 #475 Weird PA $19.95 |
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Pennsylvania
Curiosities by Clark DeLeon Similar to the above, here is a guidebook to the wildest, wackiest, and most outrageous characters, placeds, and things in the Keystone State such as where "The Blob" oozed during the 1950s, where Edsels go to die, the Centralia mine fire, and where water runs uphill, the reservoir where the fish are so thick the ducks walk on them. Find out about the Philly cheese steak wars, the Indian wars, and the shooting war between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. 5½" x 8½" 243 pages, index, illustrated, paperbound #53 PA Curiosities $13.95 |
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Guide
to the Pennsylvania Mountains by Greg and Karen Czarnecki Features great places for sumer and winter activities plus descriptions of more than 225 highlighted trails for hiking and nature-watching. There are detailed accounts facilities, flora, fauna, fees, directions and other hard-to-find data on the Allegheny National Forest, and many state parks such as Cook Forest, Laurel Hill, Ohiopyle, Hickory Run, and state forests including Moshannon, Tioga Tiadaghton, Gallitzin, Delaware, Tuscarora, and many more. There is also a section on the long trails in the Commonwealth: Appalachian, Mid State, North Country National, Laurel Highlands, and Tuscarora. 7”x 9” 306 pages, index, maps, illustrated, paperbound #289 PA Mountains $18.95 |
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Indians in Pennsylvania by Paul A. W. Wallace The most definitive and popular book about the Indians that lived in Pennsylvania when the first white men arrived. Learn abut their puberty rites, marriages, amusements, and politics. Villages are identified by the towns that now occupy those sites.Concludes with biographies of 36 important Indians who lived here. 6” x 9” 200 pages, drawings, maps,index, paperbound #13 Indians in PA $10.00 |
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The
French & Indian War in Pennsylvania by L.M. Waddell & B.D. Bomberger Chronicles the causes, and sequence of events of a war that virtually started and ended in Pennsylvania. Roads built by the armies became major highways that are still used today. There are plenty of photos of old paintings along with maps and diagrams of forts. Concludes with the last big battle at Bushy Run. Contains a complete list & location of forts in the state. 8½”x 11” 112 pages, index, illustrated, paperbound #287 PA in French & Indian War $11.95 |
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Guide
to Pennsylvania’s Tourist Railroads by Bill Simpson From romantic dinners to terrific scenery, tourist railroads offer a taste of the past. Here are steam trains you can ride, coal mine trains, & trolleys, along with maps and travel info. 5½”x 8½” 184 pages, photos, index, paperbound #286 PA Tourist Railroads $11.95 |
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