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These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a detailed, walking tour interspersed with first-hand accounts about the cemetery and events that have taken place there. A timeline runs through the walking tour giving descriptions of key personalities who conceived, planned and designed the area with brief and colorful biographies. Also included is information...
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These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a detailed, walking tour interspersed with first-hand accounts about the cemetery and events that have taken place there. A timeline runs through the walking tour giving descriptions of key personalities who conceived, planned and designed the area with brief and colorful biographies. Also included is information...
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Even beginner gardeners can select plants to create a stunning garden as unique as the Empire or Garden State - with expert help to ensure success! New York & New Jersey Getting Started Garden Guide is a plant selection guide, perfect for when you're choosing plants and starting a garden in a climate that can be as challenging as it is beautiful. Choose the right plants and care for them properly, with help from an expert. Vincent Simeone, one of...
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“The Discovering Vintage” series takes you back in time to all of the timeless classic spots each city has to offer. The books spotlight the charming stories that tell you what each place is like now and how it got that way from classic restaurants to shops to other establishments that still thrive today and evoke the unique character of the city. They're all still around-but they won't be around forever.
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In this fascinating book-liberally illustrated with vintage postcards, photos, and blueprints-author Brian Butko weaves together interviews and surviving documents to tell the eight-decade story of this beloved icon of the road, that was also, a monument to grand ideas, whimsy, and good old hucksterism.
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Whether you're mad about mac and cheese or loopy for lobster rolls, New York's One-Food Wonders will satisfy your desires. It's the first and only book to collect all of the city's weird, wacky, and wonderful onesies-the spots where a single food is the star. From OatMeals to Forbidden Fruit and from Meatball Obsession to Puddin', it takes you to scores of places you might have thought you could only dream about. It also tells you how people with...
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Features Last River Caverns, Crystal Cave, Indian Echo Caverns, Woodward Cave, Penn's Cave, Indian Caverns, Lincoln Caverns, Coral Caverns, and Laurel Caverns and includes ice mines, coalmines, boulder fields, and rock cities. Detailed history of each cave. Legends and local lore of many features and sites.
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Traveling down the Hudson River, named by Native Americans the river that flows both ways, you discover people, places, and events that made American history. The cultural, historic, and scenic resources of the Hudson Valley are so numerous, so varied, and so compelling that it's no wonder Congress recognized the Hudson River Valley as a National Heritage Area in 1996. The National Park Service called the region the "landscape that defined America"...
90) To Pittsburgh
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From the top of the USX Tower to the fountain at Point State Park, explore Pittsburgh and all its offerings.
91) New York
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Scenic Routes & Byways New York features nearly twenty-five separate drives through the Empire State. An indispensable highway companion, Scenic Routes & Byways New York includes full-color photos, route maps and in-depth descriptions of attractions.
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Now all gardeners living in the Mid-Atlantic can unlock the secrets to successful gardening in their region, thanks to this informative, fully illustrated handbook! Mid-Atlantic Gardener's Handbook has everything a gardener needs for successful planting and growing in the Mid-Atlantic region--all contained in one easy-to-reference book. Comprehensive to the core, this book is different from other gardening guidebooks because it's written exclusively...
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New York ist mehr als Central Park, Empire State Building und Lady Liberty. Ob in Manhattan, in Queens oder in New Jersey, gegenüber von Manhattan: Es finden sich überall Orte, an denen Sie den Big Apple mehr wie ein Einheimischer denn als Tourist – und trotzdem nicht alltäglich, sondern unglaublich anregend – entdecken können. Dieses Buch stellt 50 Plätze abseits der ausgetretenen Pfade vor, manche sind selbst vielen New Yorkern nicht bekannt....
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"New York : La ville qui ne dort jamais" est une véritable immersion dans la ville qui ne cesse de fasciner le monde entier. Ce best-seller Amazon Kindle explore tous les aspects de la ville emblématique de New York, des quartiers les plus emblématiques aux personnages célèbres en passant par les défis qu'elle doit surmonter. Découvrez les sites touristiques les plus célèbres de la ville, les événements culturels qui attirent des milliers...
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Stories abound about legendary New York City gangsters like "Lucky" Luciano, but Buffalo has housed its fair share of thugs and mobsters too. While many were nothing more than common criminals or bank robbers, a powerful crime family headed by local boss Stefano Magaddino emerged in the 1920s. Close to Canada, Niagara Falls and Buffalo were perfect avenues through which to transport booze, and Magaddino and his Mafiosi maintained a stranglehold on...
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How did this heroic Pennsylvania "rebel" manage to survive nearly a year of captivity by British-allied hostile tribes during the Revolutionary War, enduring both a brutal capture and numerous failed escapes.
In 1780, Luke Swetland (1729-1823) would publish a short 27-page narrative of his brutal capture and life as a captive under the lengthy title "A Very Remarkable Narrative of Luke Swetland: Who Was Taken Captive Four Times in the Space of Fifteen...
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New Jersey native John Holl searched from Sussex County to Cape May to find the best recipes New Jersey has to offer, and the result is this rich and unique cookbook celebrating the foods, flavors, cultures, and traditions of the Garden State. These 150 recipes include dishes featuring New Jersey's own produce - tomatoes, corn, cranberries, blueberries, apples - along with deep-fried boardwalk treats, late-night diner bites, and recipes contributed...
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The Amish, one of America's most intriguingly private, unique, and often misunderstood religious communities, have survived for three hundred years! How has that happened?
While much has been written on the Amish, little has been revealed about their history. This book brings together in one volume a thorough history of the Amish people. From their beginnings in Europe through their settlement in North America, the Amish have struggled to maintain...
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No trip to the Jersey Shore would be complete without indulging in the cuisine that helps make it famous. These foods we enjoy today are part of a long tradition beginning in the Victorian era, when big oceanfront hotels served elaborate meals. Diverse dishes and restaurants emerged during prohibition and the Great Depression, when fast food appeared and iconic boardwalk treats developed. Predating the farm to table movement, fancy and fast eateries...
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