Scott Bruce

It Happened in Philadelphia

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Snuggled in between the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers lies William Penn's "Holy Experiment." The birthing ground for religious freedom became the birthing ground of a new nation and so much more. This "Philadelphia Story" tells it all from the first paper mill to the Mummer's Parade to American Bandstand.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 153mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9780762739899
• ISBN-10: 0762739894
• Artikelnr.: 22346543

Autorenporträt

Scott Bruce is the new host of The Pennsylvania Game, a television trivia show that airs on PBS.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Go Fly a Kite—1752
Chapter 2: The Transit of Venus—1769
Chapter 3: A Housewife Spy Completes Her Mission—1777
Chapter 4: Meschianza—1778
Chapter 5: The Doans are Done—1787
Chapter 6: First in Liberty; First in Robbery—1798
Chapter 7: The Riots of 1844—1844
Chapter 8: The Sad Fate of the Swimming Elephants—1847
Chapter 9: A Man Invents His Killer—1867
Chapter 10: The Autopsy of Chang and Eng—1874
Chapter 11: The Great Exposition—1876
Chapter 12: A Runaway Kid—1892
Chapter 13: Mummer’s Parade—1901
Chapter 14: A Sticky Situation—1928
Chapter 15: The 1929 Athletics—1929
Chapter 16: Monopoly, A Game of Big Money—1936
Chapter 17: ENIAC, The First Electronic Digital Computer—1947
Chapter 18: A Miracle—1949
Chapter 19: American Bandstand—1957
Chapter 20: Wilt’s 100—1962
Chapter 21: The Snowball Santa Incident—1968
Chapter 22: An Elusive Killer—1976
Chapter 23: Million Dollar Mania—1981
Famous Philadelphians
Sources
About the Author