Download or read book Remembering Norristown written by Stan Huskey and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olympians, soldiers and abolitionists have all hailed from the bustling shores of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a modest seventeenth-century settlement along the hidden river, it became an industrial boomtown and attracted waves of immigrants to its forges, railways and mills. Local journalist Stan Huskey brings together lively vignettes and fascinating firsthand accounts to introduce such characters as Union general Winfield S. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg, and baseball greats Tommy Lasorda and Mike Piazza. From tales of calamitous train wrecks to the bygone era of streetcars, Huskey brings readers back to the glow of the hometown lights.
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Download or read book Remembering Conshohocken and West Conshohocken written by Jack Coll and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-20 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The banks of the Schuylkill once echoed with the hum of the steel mills, and immigrants came across the sea to transform Conshohocken and West Conshohocken into thriving industrial towns. When the storm clouds gathered in Europe, the neighboring communities proudly sent more sons and daughters per capita to serve in World War I than any other town in America. Author Jack Coll chronicles the history of these Pennsylvania mill towns with a series of compelling vignettes. From stories of Ned Hector, an African American soldier who fought valiantly during the Revolutionary War, to the heroics of the Conshohocken fire companies, Coll pays tribute to his home and evokes times gone by.
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Download or read book Toys Remembered written by Madonna Dries Christensen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-01-20 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this companion book to Dolls Remembered, men reminisce about the boyhood toys and games that still hold a place in memory.
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