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1 online resource (241 pages) |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Do You Mean, Strange?; The Deal [I683]; Penn's Witch [1683]; The End Is Near, Part 1 [I694]; Please, Mr. Postman [I737]; The Caveman, Part 1 [I741]; Ben's Off-Color Advice [I745]; Roast Turkey [I750]; The Town of Bath [I76S]; The Philadelphia Tea Party [I773]; The Floating Bridge [I776]; Burned on the Fourth of July [1776]; The Fort Wilson Affair [I778]; Arnold's Debt [I778]; Up, Up, and Away, Part 1 [1783]; Up, Up, and Away, Part 2 [1784]; Citizen Genet [1793]; Up, Up, and Away, Part 3 [1793]; Rush's Good Intentions, Part 1 [1793] |
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Rush's Good Intentions, Part 2 [1799]Live on Stage [1807-1813]; The Dyott Deception [181O]; A Mammoth Theater War [1812]; Thomas Jefferson Wrote Here [1824]; The Goodyear Bust [1826]; The Chessmaster [1826]; Gondar the Rhinoceros [1830]; Brother Bonaparte [1841]; Samuel Scott's Last Leap [1841]; Building a Better Dinosaur [1841]; A Shot at Scott [1843]; The Protestant/Catholic Riots [1844]; The End of the World, Part 2 [1844]; Prayers upon the |
| Summary |
A forgotten, and often bizarre, history of Philadelphia is unearthed in these quirky vignettes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Curiosities and wonders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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Curiosities and wonders -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region
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Curiosities and wonders
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| SUBJECT |
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100721
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Philadelphia Region (Pa.) -- History
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781439904442 |
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1439904448 |
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128266025X |
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9781282660250 |
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