books about: pennsylvanians (richardson 1862-1930 schoolman)

books about: pennsylvanians

books:

Richardson's Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek

4 reviews

Northeastern Illinois University, 1997

A good tribute and a great book on Mason Creek
Looking at the reviews I see I am not alone in knowing the late Dr. Richardson. I guess I should not be surprised. He was an incredibly generous man who I had the privilege of knowing and through him was allowed to see the "behind the scenes" collection of fossils at The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. A few years ago visiting family in Chicago I was sad to hear that Dr. Richardson ...

Pennsylvanian Voices of the Great War: Letters, Stories and Oral Histories of World War I

McFarland & Company, 2002

"I guess you all are wondering where I am May. Well many miles away and settled at last and ready for some hard work. The sooner we get into it the quicker it is going to be over and all admit that it is up to America to finish the job and what I have been able to hear, they think it will be over in two or three months. Well the sooner the better now that we have come this far. Have sure traveled some and will have loads to tell you when I come ...

Guide to the Homes of Famous Pennsylvanians: Houses, Museums, and Landmarks
Arthur P., Jr. Miller, Marjorie L. Miller

Stackpole Books, 2003

Pennsylvania has been home to many significant individuals. This book profiles 39 famous Pennsylvanians and is a guide to the houses and museums that memorialise their lives and accomplishments. Included are William Penn, William Rittenhouse, Conrad Weiser, John Bartram and William Bartram, Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Priestley, Daniel Boone, Charles Willson Peale, Anthony Wayne, Stephen Girard, Betsy Ross, Albert Gallatin, Robert Fulton, John ...

The Sounds of Christmas
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians

Capitol Records, 1959

Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians (Music in American Life)

3 reviews
Virginia Waring

University of Illinois Press, 1997

Interesting, but one sided view of the man
This book is a facinating read about the famous choral conductor and his Pennsylvanians, during the early days of radio, television and film. Many amusing and interesting anectdotes punctuate the book throughout. Written by his wife, so it is a rather one-sided (positive) view of the man who many saw as a cold task master....but in whom no one could argue with the fine product he produced. ...

Christmas Magic
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians

Capitol Records, Inc., 1970

Soldiers' Revolution: Pennsylvanians in Arms and the Forging of Early American Identity
Gregory T. Knouff

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003

What did the American Revolution mean to the ordinary soldiers who fought in it? Were they inspired by high-minded ideals of liberty and democracy, or were they seeking the material and practical rewards?bounties, land, and political advancement?that victory might bring them? We know much about the philosophical positions expressed by America?s Founding Fathers, but the common people did not necessarily share the Founders? ideas. The Soldiers? ...

Martin Grove Brumbaugh: A Pennsylvanian's Odyssey from Sainted Schoolman to Bedeviled World War I Governor, ...

1 review
Earl C., Jr. Kaylor

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1996

Excellent Biography of an Education Innovator and Governor
Martin Grove Brumbaugh was an eminent educator who became Governor of Pennsylvania at a time when some Republicans sought their own alternative to the Democrats' educator turn politician of Woodrow Wilson. Brumbaugh, though, proved to the Republican leaders that he was smart enough not to allow himself to be led by their will. As Governor, he successfully fought for and won a child labor law ...