Elsie Singmaster (1878–1958)

A coming of age story of a boy living in Gettysburg just before, during, and just after the Civil War.
Good characters and a nice treatment of the subject. One quibble: the war battle/strategy bits plodded on a bit for me.

A stubborn ex-Confederate soldier spends the rest of his life trying to ruin the Memorial Day parades populated by the Union ex-soliders in his hometown by dressing in his Confederate uniform, despite his pre-war friendship with the men of the town. Another very didactic story.

Filled in some of the reasons for the German migration to
Pennsylvania, gave me clues as to the events that inducewd my Moravian ancestors to move to the US.

From the title page: "Interesting history, legends and descriptions of the 'heart river' of Pennsylvania - its surrounding hills and mountains, its broad valleys and narrow gorges, its canals and railroads, its towns and cities and, above all, its beauty." Chapters, from Table of Contents: Pennsylvania's Susquehanna; The North Branch; The West Branch; The Juniata; The Main River - Northumberland to Harrisburg; Canals, Steamboats and Pirates; The Main River - Harrisburg to the Maryland show more Border. Index. 156 photographic reproductions. show less