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Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Thank You! Preface Long Live the Revolution

Rebel with a Cause Meet the Continental Congress Washington’s War Let Freedom Ring Capital One The Fight for the Wyoming Valley Down in the Valley

Gustatory Glory

“Whiz Wit” Food, Glorious Food Grapes of Wealth Counter Culture Pretzel-vania The Rolling Rock Story Roll Out the Barrels

Pennsylvania Papers

Revolutionary Documents: Common Sense Revolutionary Documents: The Declaration of Independence Revolutionary Documents: The U.S. Constitution

Born to Be Wild

The Weather Prophet It’s a Zoo Out There It’s a Zoo, Too

Titans and Tycoons

Man of Steel Man of Steel, Part II Ghosts of Business Past The Ketchup King U.S. Steel: Then and Now Ghosts of Business Past, Part II The Sweet Life of Milton Hershey

Speaking Pennsylvanian

Pennsylvania-isms: The Basics Pennsylvania-isms, Part II

Name That Town

A Capital City An Oil-American City Must-see Muscletown An Erie Feeling The City of Brotherly Love Pretzel City Jim Thorpe Prison to Peeps The Pitts Steamtown Meet Me in Coupon Getting in Toon

Stars of Sport

Make Way for the Black and Gold An Insider’s Guide to Reggie Jackson “Broad Street Bullies” Batter Up! Five Things You Should Know About Joe Montana Batter Up, Part II The Little Team that Could March of the Penguins The Phillies By the Numbers The Sixers By the Numbers Fly Like an Eagle

Quotable Notables

Poor Richard From Paterno’s Playbook Quotable Cosby

Puzzle These Out

Welcome to “Penn State” Colonial Philly The Pittsburgh Pirates Quiz A Penn-y for Your Thoughts Oh, the Symbolism The Joy of Sects: A Pop Quiz Keystoners on the Big Screen Keystone Quiz

Let Us Entertain You

Rocky Road Behind the Hits Pen-sylvania Ex-Stream Architecture PA on TV On the Radio Philadelphia Triple Feature The Gettysburg Cyclorama Native Son: A Mario Lanza Quiz Bandstand Boogie!

Historical Heroics

The Birth of “Clean Air” The Great Innovator The Pittsburgh Vaccine Environmental Crusader The Johnstown Flood The Lattimer Massacre All Aboard! Just for Fun You Know You’re a Pennsylvanian When . . . You Can’t Do That Here! King of Malls Dumb Crooks Pennsylvania By the Letters

Highway Haunts

Museums of the Strange On the Road Good Scares On the Road (Again)

Mixed Bag

It Happened in 1787 James Buchanan Gets No Respect The Stall of Fame Queen of the Jail Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon

Around Town

Dynasty, Philadelphia Style Seven Things You Should Know About Quakers The Fire that Won’t Die

State Stats

Just the Facts Fly That Flag The “Commonwealth” Thing Pennsylvania Evens Only in PA Fabulous Firsts Pennsylvania Odds

Hallowed Halls

Prank-More College The U Penn Quiz

Answers

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