A visitor's guide to central Pennsylvania, discussing local history, folklore, and geography. Originally published in 1917.
A listing of burials in various Moravian cemeteries in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Originally published in 1906.
A listing of burials in the Old Moravian Cemetery of Bethlehem, Pennsylania. Originally published in 1912 by the Pennsylvania German Society.
Explores the language of wonder in the history of the New World. Traces the preoccupation with this concept in the history of the Americas from the colonial era to the twentieth century, with the emergence of so-called magical realism.
A collection of essays that explore the transatlantic German cultures and identities of the colonial period.
In Poets, Saints, and Visionaries of the Great Schism, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski looks beyond the political and ecclesiastical storm and finds an outpouring of artistic, literary, and visionary responses to one of the great calamities of the late Middle Ages.
In Catholic and French Forever Joseph Byrnes recounts the fights and reconciliations between French citizens who found Catholicism integral to their traditional French identity and those who found the continued presence of Catholicism an obstacle to both happiness and progress.
Elections in Pennsylvania provides data and analysis for more than 13,000 general elections and more than 6,000 primary... Læs mere
Wives of Steel is based on more than 80 interviews with women and some men, all of whom were part of Sparrows Point as... Læs mere
The letters contained in As Ever Yours, published here for the first time, reveal an epistolary love story—and they provide fresh insights... Læs mere
Based upon extensive research, Russia's First Civil War is a masterful mix of social and military history, firmly placing the Time of Troubles in the context of the waves of wars and rebellions that swept through early modern Europe and Asia.
An English translation, originally published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1917, of the diary of radical German Pietist Johannes Kelpius (1667–1708). Includes facsimile pages of his prayer book A Short, Easy, and Comprehensive Method of Prayer.