Seasons of Central Pennsylvania

Seasons of Central Pennsylvania

Author: Anne Quinn Corr

Publisher: Penn State University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13:

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Organized by seasons, this popular cookbook features more than thirty original and adapted recipes in each of its four sections. Photos and vignettes on area cooks, as well as stories about local events and activities, provide additional value to this celebration of Central Pennsylvania's indigenous cuisine.


Out in Central Pennsylvania

Out in Central Pennsylvania

Author: William Burton

Publisher: Penn State Press

Published: 2020-06-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0271086459

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Outside of major metropolitan areas, the fight for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights has had its own unique and rich history—one that is quite different from the national narrative set in New York and California. Out in Central Pennsylvania highlights one facet of this lesser-known but equally important story, immersing readers in the LGBTQ community building and social networking that has taken place in the small cities and towns in the heart of Pennsylvania from the 1960s to the present day. Drawing from oral histories and the archives of the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project, this book recounts the innovative ways that LGBTQ central Pennsylvanians organized to demand civil rights and to improve their quality of life in a region that often rejected them. Full of compelling stories of individuals seeking community and grappling with inequity, harassment, and discrimination, and featuring a distinctive trove of historical photographs, Out in Central Pennsylvania is a local story with national implications. It brings rural and small-town queer life out into the open and explores how LGBTQ identity and social advocacy networks can form outside of a large urban environment.


50 Hikes in Central Pennsylvania

50 Hikes in Central Pennsylvania

Author: Tom Thwaites

Publisher: Countryman Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780881504750

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Veteran trailblazer and outdoor activist Tom Thwaites, the author of two other Explorer's Guide 50 Hikes guides to Pennsylvania, has completely revised and updated this guide to the central portion of Penn's Woods. A wonderful area of wild country and wildlife, this region offers a vast network of maintained trail systems, yet is nevertheless lightly traveled. The author has added 11 new hikes to reflect changing trail conditions, and has re-hiked and checked each of the remaining hikes for this fourth edition. Each hike includes a topographical map, information on mileage, rise, and difficulty, and narrative on sights you'll see along the way.


Will Not Attend

Will Not Attend

Author: Adam Resnick

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-07-28

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0147516218

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“Damn, this book is good.”—Jon Stewart “A biting, darkly hilarious collection of personal essays that begs to be read aloud.”—Chicago Tribune Emmy Award–winning writer Adam Resnick began his career at Late Night with David Letterman before honing his chops in movies and cable television, including HBO’s The Larry Sanders Show. While courageously admitting to being “euphorically antisocial,” Resnick plunges readers deep into his troubled psyche in this uproarious memoir-in-essays. Shaped by such touchstone events as a traumatic Easter egg hunt and overwrought by obsessions, he refuses to be burdened by chores like basic social obligation and personal growth, adhering to his own steadfast rule: “I refuse to do anything I don’t want to do.”


South Central Pennsylvania Legends and Lore

South Central Pennsylvania Legends and Lore

Author: David Puglia

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781609494537

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Powwow practitioners of York County, the headless ghost of a murdered girl that roams the back roads of Schuylkill County and the Hummelstown Hermit who still lingers in Indian Echo Caverns--these tales are all part of the lore of South Central Pennsylvania. Such legends offer a fuller history of the region, from the folkways of the Pennsylvania Dutch to the stories of the rocky relations between German and English settlers and local tribes. Folklorist David J. Puglia reveals this lore to a new audience and explores the region's more recent legends like the Wizard of Cumberland County" and Milton Hershey's narrow miss with the Titanic. Join Puglia as he tracks through the hills, houses and hollows of South Central Pennsylvania in search of its legends and lore."


Slavery & the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania

Slavery & the Underground Railroad in South Central Pennsylvania

Author: Cooper H Wingert

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2015-06-08

Total Pages: 163

ISBN-13: 1625857322

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This in-depth history examines how a stronghold of slavery in Pennsylvania became a central hub for the abolitionist cause. Much like the rest of the nation, South Central Pennsylvania has a fraught history of struggle over slavery. The institution lingered locally for more than fifty years, even as it went virtually extinct everywhere else within Pennsylvania. Gradually, abolitionist views prevailed as the region became an important destination for enslaved people escaping the south. The Appalachian Mountains and the Susquehanna River provided natural cover for fugitive, causing an influx of travel along the Underground Railroad. Locals like William Wright and James McAllister assisted these runaways while publicly advocating to abolish slavery. In this expert study, historian Cooper Wingert reveals the struggles between slavery and abolition in South Central Pennsylvania.