| Western Pennsylvania Reflections: Stories from the Alleghenies to Lake Erie Contributor(s): Clemens, Colleen Lutz (Editor), Beardsall, Rebecca Helm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1540206041 ISBN-13: 9781540206046 Publisher: History Press Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 974.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6" W x 9" (0.76 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the busy streets of Pittsburgh, to the sandy beaches of Lake Erie, to the rolling hills of the Alleghenies, the landscape of Western Pennsylvania shapes its residents in unforgettable ways. With this locally colored collection of vignettes, readers will be recalled to summers on Presque Isle, Thanksgiving in Paradise and the thrill of a Steelers touchdown. Sixteen of the state s finest nonfiction writers reminisce about their distinct ties to the region, sharing their experiences of brickyards and steel mills, hunting and skating, farms and cities. Pennsylvanian charm touches the bumpiest of roads, makes antique a verb and colors historic church windows in this new keystone for the commonwealth." |
Contributor Bio(s): Clemens, Colleen Lutz: - Rebecca Helm Beardsall teaches in the English Department at DeSales University. She grew up in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and has lived in various places since 1991, including Scotland, Canada, Montana and most recently New Zealand. She graduated with a BA in English from DeSales University in 2005 and received her MA in English from Lehigh University in 2008. She has fifteen years experience in freelance writing in the United States and abroad. Her poetry has been published in various literary journals. She is co-editor of Philadelphia Reflections: Stories from the Delaware to the Schuylkill. She currently resides in Bellingham, Washington, with her husband and her cat, Myrtle. Colleen Lutz Clemens, a daughter of the Lehigh Valley, is an assistant professor of English at Kutztown University. Along with her poetry publications in English Journal, her essay in the anthology Click recounts her story of being her high school s first female tuba player. Her essay about her pappy, who worked at Bethlehem Steel, was featured on Philadelphia public radio s This I Believe series. She is co-editor of Philadelphia Reflections: Stories from the Delaware to the Schuylkill. She currently resides in Bucks County with her husband and two dogs. |