In Chocolate We Trust by Peter Kurie

Posted by on Jan 13, 2020 in | Comments Off on In Chocolate We Trust by Peter Kurie In Chocolate We Trust The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped by Peter Kurie University of Pennsylvania Press, 211 pp, cloth $34.95 A more impatient or typical writer than Peter Kurie would have taken the speedy route to writing the story of oft-visited but rarely understood Chocolate Town. A journalist could have plunged in, made a quick tour, surveyed the headlines and corporate tussles that...
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Boathouse Row by Dotty Brown

Posted by on Mar 13, 2017 in | Comments Off on Boathouse Row by Dotty Brown Boathouse Row: Waves of Change in the Birthplace of American Rowing by Dotty Brown Temple University Press, 273 pages, cloth $35 Mention “Pennsylvania” and “navy” in a game of word association, and history-minded folks might mention U.S. Brig Niagara, Oliver Hazard Perry’s War of 1812 flagship that fought in the Battle of Lake Erie. Another guess might be the USS...
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