Legendary Locals of Pottstown Pennsylvania - Couverture souple

Repko, Sue; Berger, Ed

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1467100854 ISBN 13 : 9781467100854

Editeur : Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2013

Synopsis

From its founding by Colonial ironworker John Potts through its heyday as a manufacturing hub in the 20th century, Pottstown has been defined by entrepreneurs, inventors, and hard-working immigrants with dreams of a better life. It has been home to a variety of churches, community organizations, and businesses that have sustained and entertained residents and visitors for more than 260 years. It has also produced its fair share of musicians, doctors, nurses, and professional athletes, like Dick Ricketts, the first pick in the 1955 NBA draft. Pottstown is a culinary capital in its own right as the place where Amanda Smith started Mrs. Smith's pies, and where Dan Brunish sells his famous sausage sandwiches out of the deli started by his grandparents in 1937. Today, with the vision of people like Marta Kiesling and Deborah Stimson-Snow, cofounders of Steel River Playhouse, and Dr. Karen Stout, president of Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown is reinventing itself as a center for art, technology, higher education, and recreation on the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sue Repko is a Pottstown native, writer, urban planner, and founder of Positively Pottstown, a community blog. Jazz writer, editor, and photographer Ed Berger's work has appeared in books, magazines, and exhibits for more than 30 years. Legendary Locals of Pottstown features photographs taken by Berger or provided courtesy of the Pottstown Historical Society or organizational and private collections.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1467100854
• ISBN 13: 9781467100854
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible