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The Journal of Lancaster County' Historical Society v. 111, no.2, Summer 2009Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 111, number 2 (2009), p. 56-94Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 vol. 111
Lancaster (Pa.) City and County residential and business directories, 1843-1900.
Electronic reproduction. 1843-1900 Lancaster, Pa. : LancasterHistory.org, 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Digital images copyright LancasterHistory.org, Lancaster, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact LancasterHistory.org, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603.
Lancaster (Pa.) Examiner and Herald newspaper, 1834-1872.
Electronic reproduction. 1834-1872 Lancaster, Pa. : LancasterHistory.org, 2008. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Rights
Digital images copyright LancasterHistory.org, Lancaster, Pa. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact LancasterHistory.org, 230 North President Ave., Lancaster, PA 17603.
A fictional story that follows 12-year-old Lancaster resident Andy Grove through the summer of 1912, when he lived with his grandparents in McSparran. The youth gets a job carrying water for a track-laying gang on the railroad.(The railroad of the story did in real life exist in southern Lancaster County. It was a narrow gauge railroad that ran between Peach Bottom and Oxford.)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-361).
Summary
Examines how the spiritual beliefs and vision of America's founders shaped the country's history and culture and assesses the influence of the spiritual traditions of African slaves, Native Americans, and early mystical communities on colonial America.
"An eclectic mixture of autobiography, U.S. intellectual history, philosophical inquiry, and spiritual wonderment, this extended meditative essay examines "America as an Idea" by uncovering the latent wisdom of many of its shining lights: Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Walt Whitman. Needleman, a philosophy professor and author of Money and the Meaning of Life, reinterprets the lives of each of these leaders in the context of their strong spiritual beliefs and their contributions to unifying a deeply divided body politic. The author liberally quotes classical philosophers, historians, biographers, and the subjects themselves, and he often interjects his own life experiences and spiritual beliefs into his loosely structured narrative. Needleman also tackles what he considers to be America's two most grievous historical blemishes: the murder of Native American culture and slavery and suggests how America should confront these wrongs." [from the "Library Journal"]
compiled and edited by the Manheim Historical Society.
ISBN
1930353197
9781930353190
Place of Publication
Manheim, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
2000.
Physical Description
vi, 862 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Notes
Includes index.
Contents
Contents: HISTORICAL MANHEIM, a timeline of events from the "Sentinel", 1681- 1983 / MANHEIM BOROUGH, a municipal history / THE TOWNSHIPS, Penn and Rapho / MANHEIM PEOPLE, prominent, notable, authors, artists, characters, attorneys / EDUCATION, a history of the Manheim area schools / RELIGION IN MANHEIM, camp meetings, cemeteries, churches / CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS, civic, benevolent, sports, and band / MANHEIM'S MEDICAL CARE, physicians, dentists, optometrists, veternarians / THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW, a look at some of the buildings that were featured in the 1912 "old home week" book / BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Manheim's industrial history
