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Raising Philadelphia
The Making of America’s First Great City, 1750–1775
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041201
Pub Date: 2024-10-15
Format: Hardcover
224 Pages
Raising Philadelphia tells the dramatic story of Philadelphia’s rise to become the cultural heart of Colonial America and the lives of the people transforming the city in their image.
Playing with the Best
One Man’s Journey through the Golden Age of Sports
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041355
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Before Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders, there were only nineteen men who played in the Major Leagues of baseball and in the NFL in the same season. Only one, Walter French, played for a World Series winner and an NFL Championship team. Little remembered today, his status as a two-sport star had him constantly in the news.
Tinicum & Eastwick
Environmental Justice and Racial Injustice in Southwest Philadelphia
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041140
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
When plans to overhaul Southwest Philadelphia in the 1950s scheduled both the integrated neighborhood of Eastwick and the ecologically valuable Tinicum marshes to be razed, two grassroots movements took up the cause—battling eminent domain in the name of environmental conservation and economic injustice.
Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041379
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Original stories that examine the world of Philadelphia’s theater within the broader narrative of American theater history, from the founding of the city to the current day.
Mystery and Marvel
Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781955041027
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
160 Pages
Using narratives from fair-goers, this book examines the technological enthusiasm of Victorian society at the 1876 Philadelphia World’s Fair and the resulting transition from agricultural republic to industrial empire.
Perceptions of Battle
George Washington’s Victory at Monmouth
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041270
Pub Date: 2024-05-15
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
A towering figure on a white horse, George Washington led his Continental Army to victory over the British Army in the longest battle of the Revolutionary War on June 28, 1778. This is that story, told by the people who experienced it.
Fort Monmouth
The US Army’s House of Magic
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041225
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Paperback
240 Pages
From celebrity homing pigeons to the radars that detected the incoming Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor to early space communications and night vision technologies, Fort Monmouth was the birthplace of innovation and technological revolution; the home of a uniquely diverse group of military and civilian heroes and scientists.
Killing Shore
The True Story of Hitler’s U-boats Off the New Jersey Coast
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041294
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Hardcover
395 Pages
The shocking true story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault against American coastal waters told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off New Jersey.
Raising Philadelphia
The Making of America’s First Great City, 1750–1775
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781955041201
Pub Date: 2024-10-15
Format: Hardcover
224 Pages
Playing with the Best
One Man’s Journey through the Golden Age of Sports
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041355
Pub Date: 2024-09-15
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Tinicum & Eastwick
Environmental Justice and Racial Injustice in Southwest Philadelphia
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041140
Pub Date: 2024-12-31
Format: Paperback
320 Pages
Adventures in Theater History: Philadelphia
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041379
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
328 Pages
Mystery and Marvel
Philadelphia’s 1876 Centennial Exposition
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781955041027
Pub Date: 2024-11-30
Format: Hardcover
160 Pages
Perceptions of Battle
George Washington’s Victory at Monmouth
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041270
Pub Date: 2024-05-15
Format: Hardcover
240 Pages
Fort Monmouth
The US Army’s House of Magic
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781955041225
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Paperback
240 Pages
Killing Shore
The True Story of Hitler’s U-boats Off the New Jersey Coast
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781955041294
Pub Date: 2024-04-04
Format: Hardcover
395 Pages