K Is for Keystone
K Is for Keystone

Author: Kristen Kane

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2010-11-12

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1585366366

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Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water, Gettysburg, Ben Franklin's inventions, the Liberty Bell -- there is so much to learn about Pennsylvania's history and geography. K is for Keystone is a wonderful introduction to many of Pennsylvania's unique features for readers young and old."E is for Easton A town where you can see, The birthplace of crayons and markers, In the Crayola© FACTORY." "The word Crayola© comes from the French word craie (chalk) and the first part of the word oleaginous (an oily paraffin wax). In 1903 cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith created an overnight success with their Crayola© crayons made for school use. Seventy-five years later Crayola© markers were produced. The Crayola© FACTORY in Easton, Pennsylvania, includes a hands-on discovery center and offers demonstrations that show how crayons and markers are made."

G is for Garden State
G is for Garden State

Author: Eileen Cameron

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press

Published: 2010-10-08

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 1585366226

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Readers will be delighted to discover the many wonders of the Garden State, from her famous sons and daughters (inventor Thomas Edison and the Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher) to her beautiful sights (the Highlands, the Pinelands, and New Jersey's famous shoreline), and her unique institutions (The Seeing Eye training institute for seeing eye dogs and Haddy, the largest complete dinosaur skeleton of its time, found in 1858). G is for Garden State explores the places, people, and landmarks that make New Jersey a fascinating place to live in and to visit again and again. Written in the popular two-tier format for our Discover America State by State alphabet series, young readers will explore state facts through colorful illustrations, rhyming verses, and expository text. Used in schools throughout the country, this series effectively expands classroom curriculum.Author/preservationist Eileen Cameron is interested in protecting our natural and historical resources. She serves on the board of the Washington Association of New Jersey at Morristown National Historical Park. Eileen has hiked the Appalachian Trail at High Point, rafted on the Delaware River, and now lives in Morristown, New Jersey. Doris Ettlinger has illustrated numerous children's books including Springtime in the Big Woods and Mr. Edwards Meets Santa Claus , both adapted from the Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. She graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. Doris lives and works in a 150-year old gristmill in western New Jersey with her family and a Welsh Corgi.

One for All
One for All

Author: Trinka Hakes Noble

Publisher: Count Your Way Across the U.S.

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781585362004

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"Using numbers many of Pennsylvania's state symbols, history, landscapes, and famous people are introduced. Topics include the Liberty Bell, fireflies, Gettysburg, Betsy Ross, and coal miners"--Provided by publisher.

Slow Burn
Slow Burn

Author: Renée Jacobs

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0271036818

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"A pictorial chronicle of the Centralia, Pennsylvania, mine fire disaster in 1962, which led, decades later, to the destruction of the town. Includes interviews and historical background"--Provided by publisher.

Pennsylvania Keystones
Pennsylvania Keystones

Author: Susan Kemmerer

Publisher:

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 9780975854327

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PA Keystones contains biographical sketches of several of PA's "heroes." The true stories clearly show the student God's hand at work through His people to establish PA and the nation.

The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain
The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain

Author: Gilbert J. Hunt

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-04-11

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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This is a famous educational text by Gilbert J. Hunt presenting an account of the War of 1812 in the style of the King James Bible. It starts with President James Madison and the congressional declaration of war and then describes the Burning of Washington, the Battle of New Orleans, and the Treaty of Ghent.

Battlefield Pennsylvania
Battlefield Pennsylvania

Author: Brady Crytzer

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781594163050

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In Battlefield Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State's Most Sacred Ground, award-winning historian Brady J. Crytzer takes the reader on a fascinating tour of over three hundred years of Pennsylvania history through twenty-nine of the state's most significant battlegrounds, based on his popular Pennsylvania Cable Network television program. Illustrated with maps and period and contemporary images, Battlefield Pennsylvania presents each event through background information, a description of the battle itself, the legacy of the battle, and what a visitor can see today. Rather than viewing preserved battlefields as a hollow tribute to days gone by, the author demonstrates that these sites are a great inheritance provided by past generations, and just as they entrusted them to us, we will entrust them to future generations as well.

The Violet Keystone
The Violet Keystone

Author: Garth Nix

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0007261241

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Tal and Milla are only one step away from death, while the evil that has controlled their world for so long is about to triumph. If the Veil is lifted, nothing can save the Dark World. Their one glimmer of hope is to confront the monster Sharrakor and regain the violet keystone.

Keystone Tombstones Civil War
Keystone Tombstones Civil War

Author: Joe Farrell

Publisher: Sunbury Press

Published: 2020-09-15

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9781620064481

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Pennsylvania is rich in Civil War history. Gettysburg was the climactic battle of the war, and many of the Keystone State's citizens were involved, whether as common soldiers, officers, politicians, or citizens. This special edition of the Keystone Tombstones series focuses on those persons interred in Pennsylvania who played an interesting role in the Civil War. Farrell, Knorr, and Farley have combed the Keystone State to bring you the most interesting tales about the Civil War participants buried in Pennsylvania. Included in the volume: Gettysburg National Cemetery, John W. Geary, Galusha Pennypacker, Strong Vincent, Amos Humiston, US Colored Troops, St. Clair Augustine Mulholland, Andrew G. Curtin, John L. Burns, Propsect Hill Cemetery, Dennis O'Kane, Charles H. Van Wyck, Ginnie Wade, George G. Meade, Winfield S. Hancock, Henry C. Pleasants, Gettysburg Generals, Samuel W. Crawford, Samuel K. Zook, Thomas L. Kane, John Fulton Reynolds, Oliver B. Knowles, John F. Hartranft, Alfred L. Pearsons, James Buchanan, Ulric Dahlgren, Herman Haupt, Rebels Among Us, Thaddeus Stevens, John C. Pemberton, Jay Cooke, Medal of Honor Recipients, Simon Cameron, General Controversy, Lafayette C. Baker