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“America’s Anchor”
This naval history of the Delaware Estuary spans three centuries, from the arrival of the Europeans to the end of the World War II. The author describes the shipbuilders and infrastructure, and the ships and men who sailed this surprisingly active waterway in peace and in war. From Philadelphia to the Delaware Capes, the story […]
PA Books: “Insight Philadelphia”
Each of the nearly 100 essays in Insight Philadelphia tells a succinct, compelling, and little-known tale of the city’s past. Some stories are quirky, like how early gas stations were designed to resemble classical temples, or the saga of how a museum acquired a 2000-year-old Greek statue, then had it demolished with a sledgehammer. Other […]
PA Books: “Archaeology at the Site of the Museum of the American Revolution”
When the Museum of the American Revolution acquired the land at Third and Chestnut streets in Olde City, Philadelphia, it came with the condition that an archaeological investigation be conducted. The excavation that began in the summer of 2014 yielded treasures in the trash: unearthed privy pits provided remarkable finds from a mid-eighteenth-century tavern to […]
PA Books: “Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right”
Talk show host and columnist Michael Smerconish has been chronicling local, state, and national events for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 15 years. He has sounded off on topics as diverse as the hunt for Osama bin Laden and what the color of your Christmas lights says about you. […]
PA Books: The Fearless Benjamin Lay
In The Fearless Benjamin Lay, renowned historian Marcus Rediker chronicles the transatlantic life and times of a singular man—a Quaker dwarf who demanded the total, unconditional emancipation of all enslaved Africans around the world. Mocked and scorned by his contemporaries, Lay was unflinching in his opposition to slavery, often performing colorful guerrilla theater to shame […]
PA Books: “Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form”
Philadelphia native Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) is recognized as one of the founding figures of American modernism. Initially trained in impressionist landscape painting, he experimented early in his career with compositions inspired by European modernism before developing a linear, hard-edge style now known as Precisionism. Sheeler is best known for his powerful and compelling images of […]
PA Books: “Benjamin Franklin: The Religious Life of a Founding Father”
Renowned as a printer, scientist, and diplomat, Benjamin Franklin also published more works on religious topics than any other eighteenth-century American layperson. Born to Boston Puritans, by his teenage years Franklin had abandoned the exclusive Christian faith of his family and embraced deism. But Franklin, as a man of faith, was far more complex than […]
It’s History!: Museum of the American Revolution
The Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia tells the story of America from the revolutionary crisis to the War of Independence to the efforts to create a new nation. Exhibits include a life-size reproduction of Boston’s Liberty Tree, George Washington’s headquarters tent, and a privateer ship. The Battlefield Theater lets you virtually experience what […]
Keystone Cuisine: Victor Cafe, Philadelphia PA
Known as “a music lovers rendezvous” Di Stefano’s Victor Cafe in South Philadelphia serves arias along side your entree.