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A History of Carbon County, Pennsylvania

It is hard to imagine a place more closely bound to the history of the Industrial Revolution than Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Indeed, it might be said to be the crucible of the American Industrial Revolution. Author Joan Campion tells some of the best-known and some of the least-known stories of the time when Carbon County was one of the most important regions in America. Stories of miners and immigrants, the Molly Maguires, the company towns of Mauch Chunk and Palmerton, Glen Onoko in “The Switzerland of America” and letters home from soldiers in nineteenth century wars are but a few of the topics presented in this fascinating book.

Soft cover, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm