Author: Daily Local News, West Chester, PaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Chester (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
West Chester, Past and Present
Author: Daily Local News, West Chester, PaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : West Chester (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Westchester
Author: Robert MarchantPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476633908
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising narrative of slavery, anti-Semitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film stars, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, man-made disasters and assassinations.
Chester County
Author: Chester County Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439615918
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The history of Chester County, the fastestdeveloping county in Pennsylvania, is revealed by the uses of the land through the years, from the agriculture and industries of the nineteenth century to the specialty agriculture and service industries of today. Chester County visits the landscape and community that has endeared generations of residents. Rediscover Saturday night movies at the Warner Theatre in West Chester and root-beer floats at the Guernsey Cow in Exton. Visit the industries that built a strong economy in Chester County, such as Lukens Steel and the Sharples Separator Company, and learn about the site of a paper mill that is now a nature preserve for rare Brandywine bluebells.
A History of the County of Westchester, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time
Author: Robert BoltonPublisher:
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Category : Westchester County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
West Chester Railroad
Author: Kenneth C. SpringirthPublisher: America Through Time
ISBN: 9781634993067
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Picturing Our Past
Author: Gray WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN: 9780915585144
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
History of Chester County, Pennsylvania
Author: J. Smith FutheyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chester County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1250
Book Description
George Washington's Westchester Gamble
Author: Richard BorkowPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625842139
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
A look at Westchester County’s place in the American Revolution and Washington’s plan to trick Cornwallis and march to Yorktown. During the summer of 1781, the armies of Generals Washington and Rochambeau were encamped in lower Westchester County at Dobbs Ferry, Ardsley, Hartsdale, Edgemont, and White Plains. It was a time of military deadlock and grim prospects for the allied Americans and French. Washington recognized that a decisive victory was needed, or America would never achieve independence. In August, he marched these soldiers to Virginia to face General Cornwallis and his redcoats. Washington risked all on this march. Its success required secrecy, and he prepared an elaborate deception to convince the British that Manhattan, not Virginia, was the target of the allied armies. Local historian Richard Borkow presents this exciting story of the Westchester encampment and Washington’s great gamble that saved the United States. Praise for George Washington’s Westchester Gamble “Borkow has done a first-rate job of telling the story of the American Revolution in Westchester County and putting dramatic events there in the context of the larger war--especially the decision to march to Yorktown.” —Thomas Fleming, author of The Perils of Peace “Just when it seemed that the subject of the American Revolution had been thoroughly explored, Richard Borkow has given us a fresh look at the war's culminating event—the 1781 march of French and American troops to Virginia.” —Joseph Wheelan, author of Jefferson’s War and Mr. Adams’s Last Crusade
History of Westchester County
Author: John Thomas ScharfPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1352
Book Description
Mud Row
Author: Dominique MorisseauPublisher: Samuel French, Incorporated
ISBN: 9780573708596
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Two generations of sisters navigate class, race, love and family on "Mud Row," an area in the East End of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Elsie hopes to move up in the world by marrying into "the talented tenth," while her sister Frances joins the fight for Civil Rights. Decades later, estranged sisters Regine and Toshi are forced to reckon with their shared heritage and each other, when Regine inherits granny Elsie's house. "Morisseau gives exquisite voice to four women occupying the same four walls - and by doing so, an entire community sings." - The Philadelphia Inquirer "Morisseau's writing is rich and authentic. Tense, heartbreaking, and ultimately inspiring, Mud Row pulses with the the love Morisseau feels for her characters and the real life people who inspire them." - Talkin' Broadway "A tale so exciting and engrossing." - Broad Street Review