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  • Biography of Frances Slocum, the Lost Sister of Wyoming. A Complete Narrative of her Captivity and Wanderings Among the Indians
    John Franklin Meginness
    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the wor...
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    28,67 €

  • History Of The Great Island And William Dunn, Its Owner, And Founder Of Dunnstown
    John Franklin Meginness
    On a bend of the West Branch Susquehanna, a single pioneer reshaped the Pennsylvania frontier. The past lives vividly here. In this classic pennsylvania local history book, John Franklin Meginness traces the great island settlement history and the life of William Dunn in a compelling blend of american frontier history and local pioneer biography. Centred on the dunnstown pennsy...
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    18,16 €

  • History Of The West Branch Valley Of The Susquehanna
    John Franklin Meginness
    Along the wild West Branch of the Susquehanna, survival was never guaranteed. The river remembers it all. In this sweeping chronicle of the colonial Susquehanna River valley, local historian John Franklin Meginness traces the first settlements, the harsh privations of the early pioneers, and the eruptions of Pennsylvania Indian wars that shaped the 18th century Pennsylvania fro...
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    17,35 €

  • Lycoming County
    John Franklin Meginness
    On the wooded slopes above the Susquehanna, a frontier county took shape. Lycoming’s first hundred years were hard, improvised, and remarkably vivid. The past feels startlingly close.First issued in the nineteenth century, John Franklin Meginness’s Lycoming County: Its Organization and Condensed History for One Hundred Years stands as a classic of Pennsylvania county history an...
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    21,69 €

  • Otzinachson
    John Franklin Meginness
    On the remote West Branch of the Susquehanna, cabins stood like outposts against wilderness, war and uncertainty. John Franklin Meginness gathers the voices, battles and losses of this 18th century Pennsylvania frontier into a single, commanding history of settlement, conflict and endurance. These stories still feel near. From the first clearings along the river to the terror o...
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    35,25 €

  • Frances Slocum the Lost Sister of Wyoming
    John Franklin Meginness
    Life among the IndiansYoung Frances Slocum was one of a family of peaceful Quakers from the Wyoming Valley, but latterly living in Lenape, Pennsylvania when, in 1778, aged just five years old, she was abducted by a raiding party of Miami Indians and carried away into captivity. She became Maconaquah-the Little Bear-and she was destined to spend the rest of her life living as an...
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    20,60 €

  • The Historical Journal V1
    John Franklin Meginness
    The Historical Journal V1 is a monthly publication that provides a comprehensive record of local history and biography, with a particular focus on Northern Pennsylvania. Written by John Franklin Meginness and published in 1888, this book is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in the history of this region. It covers a wide range of topics, including the early settlemen...
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    41,79 €