Gettysburg Address (Little Books of Wisdom) by Applewood Books $9.95
The Gettysburg Address was delivered on the afternoon of November 19, 1863 by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the battlefield of the Civil War's bloodiest battle. Included in this edition is the Bliss text of the address, contemporary reactions, and other important documents relating to this moving speech by one of America's most beloved Presidents.

A Scratch with the Rebels by Mechling Bookbindery $9.95
They were Scotch-Irish, Presbyterian, first-generation Americans. They were alike in many ways but different in one trait that mattered. One was Union; the other, Confederate. James McCaskey, a member of the Roundhead Regiment, came from a farm in western Pennsylvania. He believed in individual rights for all men. Gus Smythe, Washington Light Infantry, 24th South Carolina, was a college student...

The Johnstown Flood by Simon & Schuster $16.00
At the end of the last century, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was a booming coal-and-steel town filled with hardworking families striving for a piece of the nation's burgeoning industrial prosperity. In the mountains above Johnstown, an old earth dam had been hastily rebuilt to create a lake for an exclusive summer resort patronized by the tycoons of that same industrial prosperity, among them Andrew...

Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy by Jossey-Bass $16.95
On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to shoot them execution style with an automatic rifle and four hundred rounds of ammunition that he...

Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History) by Oxford University Press, USA $19.95
Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George Washington--and many other Americans--refused to let the Revolution die. On Christmas night, as a howling...

The Johnstown Horror!!! Or, Valley of Death Being a Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by Pennsylvania State University Press $29.95
Sensationalized history can be credited with inspiring generations of truth-seeking experts and enthusiasts. The tragedy of the Johnstown Flood was an oft-exploited event as writers and publishers hawked hastily written articles in original form or pirated collections. Where many of the articles lacked fact, they were rife with exaggeration and imagination. James Herbert Walker published one of...

Pride of the Lions: The Biography of Joe Paterno by Triumph Books $24.95
Joe Paterno has scaled the heights of his profession, winning more than 400 games, a pair of national championships and nationwide respect for the program he built and sustained. In his mid-eighties now, he has vowed to continue with coaching, excited by the prospect of another promising team, and another autumn in Happy Valley. In this exciting new biography of a coaching icon, Frank...

No Ordinary Joe: The Biography of Joe Paterno by Thomas Nelson $18.98
Author Michael O'Brien authoritatively paints the consummate Paterno portrait, the result of more than ten years of work that included 137 interviews and study of 150 previously published works. Paperback includes an epilogue that reviews the 1998 season in which Paterno won his landmark 300th career victory.

MAPS OF GETTYSBURG, THE: An Atlas of the Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863 (FULL COLOR) by Savas Beatie $39.95
FULL COLOR Edition: After multiple editions and printings in just two years, the bestselling 'The Maps of Gettysburg' is available for the first time in a full-color, hardcover edition!Thousands of books and articles have been written about Gettysburg, but the operation remains one of the most complex and difficult to understand. Bradley Gottfried's groundbreaking 'The Maps of Gettysburg: An...

War from the Inside: The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 (Collector's Library of the Civil War) by Time Life Education $26.60
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