Category: Books

Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball’s Boy Wonder

$28.20

In 1924, at the age of 27, manager and second baseman Stanley “Bucky” Harris—aka “The Boy Wonder”—led the Washington Senators to their only World Series championship. His incredible debut season at the helm of the Senators marked the beginning of remarkable 29-year managerial career that earned him a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame. This detailed biography chronicles Harris’s road to the top of his sport, including his youth in the coal mining region of eastern Pennsylvania, his brief stint in professional basketball, his early days as a baseball player, his 1947 world championship as manager of the Yankees, and his role in the racial integration of both the Senators and the Boston Red Sox. By highlighting Harris’ easy-going nature and intelligence, this profile makes it perfectly clear why one player being traded to Harris’ Senators declared, “Ask any ballplayer who he’d like to play for and he’d say Bucky Harris.”

Coal County Connections

$29.99

Coal County Connections: How finding an 1800s autograph album led to a quest to find its signers in coal patch towns of northeastern Pennsylvania By Melanie Akren-Dickson “Coal miners, Midwestern schoolteachers, Civil War veterans, and the daughters of a Philadelphia industrial magnate – what could they possibly have in common? In the 1880s-19s they all signed Mary Boyd’s autograph album. Mary lived in a coal patch town in the anthracite coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania and over the course of 14 years she had those around her fill her album. Using online records, historical documents, newspaper articles, and family records, an amazing amount of information was found about the neighbors, friends, and family who signed Mary’s Album. Those Who lived in the region of the coal breakers were hardy, resilient people. Discovering the life stories of those who signed Mary’s album gives us a fascinating glimpse into the world in which they lived. Previously titled “This, Their Friendship’s Monument”, this revised edition has over 60 additional images and is now in color.”

Coal Region Hoodoo

$18.87

With Coal Region Hoodoo, Maxim W. Furek continues his exploration of high strangeness inside the Pennsylvania wormhole that gave birth to The Night of the Living Dead, The Blob, and The Philadelphia Experiment. His journey takes us beyond the netherworlds of Centralia, Sheppton, Chestnut Ridge, and The Pennhurst Asylum. It looks into the eyes of demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren and the twisted souls of serial killer Gary Heidnik and con artist Richard Sharpe Shaver while exploring the preternatural secrets of Bigfoot, cryptids, Kecksburg, The Smurl Haunting, Pennsylvania Dutch Powwowing, and Roman Catholic Mysticism.

Cold and Gold from the Poconos

$9.40

Author: Robert A. Janosov Description: A history of the Stegmaier Brewing Company, Wilkes-Barre, PA. Its products were an important component of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s identity for decades. Founded in 1857, the company thrived and failed twice in its 117-year history. The Stegmaier swtory is one of industrial expansion, considerable capital investment, and the evolution of a complex industrial facility. It is the story of scientific brewing technologies, the production of high-quality, distinctive beer, and the development of a fiercely loyal base of customers. Finally, it is a story of the preservation of an architecturally magnificent industrial complex, once doomed for destruction. Size: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Published: 1997

Coloring the Pieces of Luzerne County

$3.77

Author: Christina Galchefski Description: A Senior Project by Christina Galchefski, Class of 2004, Wyoming Valley West High School. A collection of 30 Luzerne County locations with descriptions by the author and illustrated by elementary students from Luzerne County.

Daniel J. Flood: A Biography

$22.56

Author: Sheldon Spear Description: A full-scale biography based largely on the congressman’s voluminous papers at King’s College. Size: 6 x 9 Paperback – 190 Pages Published: 2008

Deeply Rooted in North Carolina

$23.58

Author: Dr. Juanita Patience Moss Description: Two runaway slave brothers forever separated after joining the union army. Two young runaway slaves from Edenton, NC enlisted in the Union Army under the surname “Patience.” The elder, Thomas, joined the 5th MA Colored Cavalry while the younger, Crowder, joined the 103rd PA Infantry. After the war, Thomas returned to North Carolina while Crowder went with his regiment to Pennsylvania, never to meet again. Not until 2000, when the author, Crowder’s descendant, discovered Thomas’ name inscribed on the Wall of Honor in Washington, DC, was it known that two Patiences had served during the Civil War. Size: 6 x 9 Paperback autographed by author, 184 pages Published: 2019 Heritage Books, Inc.

Gone But Not Forgotten: Civil War Veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania

$18.87

Author: Ryan L. Lindbuchler Description: Book contains short biographies of a handful of local veterans, a directory of cemeteries (mostly from Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties), regimental sketches, and also comes with an interactive CD ROM including a full index of names of veterans with the cemeteries they are located in. Size: 8-1/2 x 11 Paperback – 192 Pages Published: 2001

Hazleton’s Trolleys

$23.59

Author: Benson W. Rohrbeck Description: History, photographs, and route maps of trolley and streetcar lines of Hazleton and the surrounding area. Size: 6 ½ x 9 Paperback – 142 pages Published: 1993