| Massacre at Duffy's Cut: Tragedy and Conspiracy on the Pennsylvania Railroad Contributor(s): Watson, William E. (Author), Watson, J. Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467139084 ISBN-13: 9781467139083 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Transportation | Railroads - History - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| LCCN: 2018945791 |
| Series: True Crime |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.88 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fifty-seven Irish immigrant laborers arrived in the port of Philadelphia in June 1832 to work on Pennsylvania's Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad. They all perished within six weeks. Contractor Philip Duffy hired them to work a stretch of track in rural Chester County known as Duffy's Cut. For more than 180 years, the railroad maintained that cholera was to blame and kept the historical record under lock and key. In a harrowing modern-day excavation of their mass grave, a group of academics and volunteers found evidence some of the laborers were murdered. Authors and research leaders Dr. William E. Watson and Dr. J. Francis Watson reveal the tragedy, mystery and discovery of what really happened at Duffy's Cut. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watson, William E.: - The Watsons are the founders of the Duffy's Cut Project. William E. Watson received his PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania and is a professor of history at Immaculata University in Pennsylvania. J. Francis Watson received his PhD in historical theology from Drew University and is a Lutheran clergyman, ecclesiastical archivist and historian in New Jersey. |