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I heard of a river: A story of the Germans in Pennsylvania

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1948.
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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by Eslie Singmaster ; illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
J.C. Winston Co.,
Date of Publication
1948.
Physical Description
x, 209 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Series
Land of the free series
Summary
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.
Subjects
Families - Fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life - Juvenile fiction.
German Americans - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania.
Juvenile works.
History.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry C.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.54 S428i
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Lovina, a story of the Pennsylvania country

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Author
Milhous, Katherine,
Date of Publication
1940
Call Number
813.52 M644
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story and pictures by Katherine Milhous.
Author
Milhous, Katherine,
Place of Publication
New York; London
Publisher
Scribner
Date of Publication
1940
Physical Description
[48] pages illustrations (some color) 23 x 25 cm
Subjects
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites.
Amish in Pennsylvania
Mennonites in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania.
Family stories - 1940.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Publishers' advertisements - 1940.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 M644
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Chooky

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Author
Wallower, Lucille,
Date of Publication
1942.
Call Number
813.52 W215
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written and illustrated by Lucille Wallower.
Author
Wallower, Lucille,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
D. McKay,
Date of Publication
1942.
Physical Description
92 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Summary
The story is about a young girl in a farmhouse and her baby chicken, Chooky.
Subjects
Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.
Farm life - Juvenile fiction.
Brothers and sisters - Juvenile fiction.
Chicks - Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 W215
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Stories of Pennsylvania, 1616-1860

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Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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by Elsie Singmaster ; illustrations by Alden Turner.
Author
Singmaster, Elsie
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Book Service,
Date of Publication
c1937-1940.
Physical Description
4 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes
Illustrated lining papers.
v.2 includes juvenile stories of Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Cresap, Conrad Weiser, Daniel Boone, Henry William Stiegel, Martyr's Mirror and John Fitch.
v. 2 with orginal paper cover and signataure of author.
Contents
v. 1. 1616-1781 -- v. 2. 1723-1797 -- v. 3. 1787-1830 -- v. 4. 1835-1860.
Subjects
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania - History - Juvenile fiction
Juvenile works.
Additional Author
Turner, Alden.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 S428
823.52 S428
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Yonie Wondernose

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Author
De Angeli, Marguerite,
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
813.52 D281
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by Marguerite de Angeli ; for three little wondernoses, Nina, David and Kiki.
Author
De Angeli, Marguerite,
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Garden City, New York
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
39 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Notes
Art techniques used: Full page black and white, and color illustrations. Color separations created using pen, ink, pencil and watercolor.
Summary
Caldecott Honor.
Subjects
Farm life - Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.
Mennonites--Fiction.
Picture books for children - 1944.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 D281
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The shoo-fly pie

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Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
813.52 J82
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by Mildred Jordan, Illustrated by Henry C. Pitz.
Author
Jordan, Mildred,
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
A.A. Knopf,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
3 p. 1., 118 p. 1 l. : ill. col. plates (2 double) ; 24 cm.
Notes
"First edition."
Summary
Because she was tired of being told she was "too young", Debby tried to disprove it, and found herself in all kinds of trouble.
Subjects
Humorous stories.
Family life - Fiction.
Pennsylvania Dutch - Juvenile fiction.
Farm life - Juvenile fiction.
Family life - Juvenile fiction.
Additional Author
Pitz, Henry Clarence,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
813.52 J82
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Sources for the history of the Ephrata Cloisters / compiled by Eugene E. Doll

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Author
Doll, Eugene Edgar.
Date of Publication
1944.
Call Number
286.3 D665e
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Author
Doll, Eugene Edgar.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation,
Date of Publication
1944.
Physical Description
140 p. 27 cm.
Series
Bibliographies on German American history ;
Notes
Cover title: The Ephrata Cloisters an annotated bibliography.
Contents
Sources for the history of the Ephrata cloister, comp. by E. E. Doll.--Ephrata; the printing press of the brotherhood, 1745-1794, comp. by Anneliese M. Funke.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister - Bibliography.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania
Printing - Pennsylvania - Ephrata.
Additional Author
Funke, Anneliese Marckwald.
Additional Corporate Author
Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 D665e
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Historical account of the Ephrata Cloister and the Seventh Day Baptist Society

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Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Date of Publication
[c1940].
Call Number
286.3 A927
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Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand, Jr.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
[c1940].
Physical Description
24 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliography.
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister - History.
Seventh-Day Baptists - Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 A927
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Historical account of the Ephrata Cloister and the Seventh Day Baptist Society

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Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Date of Publication
c1940.
Call Number
286.3 A927i
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Responsibility
by A. Monroe Aurand, jr.
Author
Aurand, A. Monroe
Edition
Illustrated ed.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg, Pa
Publisher
Aurand Press,
Date of Publication
c1940.
Physical Description
24 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes
"Privately printed."
Subjects
Ephrata Cloister.
Seventh-day Baptists in Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
286.3 A927i
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Lancaster's part in the world's watchmaking industry

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Author
Bowman, J. J.
Date of Publication
1945
the world owes so much to the watchmaker. When in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the dawn of modern science in astronomy and physics first called for accurate time- keeping, the call was answered by the inventions and superb work- manship of men like Thomas Tompion and George Graham in Eng
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Responsibility
by John J. Bowman.
Author
Bowman, J. J.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1945
Physical Description
[29]-50 P. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 49, no. 2
Subjects
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, - 1732-1799.
Bowman, Ezra F.
Hamilton Watch Company.
Bowman Technical School, (Lancaster, Pa.)
Adams & Perry Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Dudley Watch Manufacturing Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Lancaster Watch Company (Lancaster, Pa.)
Clocks and watches.
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Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 49, number 2 (1945), p. 29-50Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.49
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