Bücher von Lawrence Knorr

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr are back with more interesting biographies and unusual tombstones. Included in this volume:Enoch Brown MassacreRhoads Opera House FireGeneral BraddockConrad WeiserShikellamyDonora SmogH J HeinzDaniel DrawbaughTed Van KirkHenry Clay FrickArnold PalmerOwen RobertsHerbert MorrisonBetty JamesBud DwyerFlorence Foster JenkinsJoseph PriestleySid ViciousGia CarangiBilly HeathFrederick TaylorPearl BaileyJames McCordAugust WilsonDarr Mine DisasterHerb PennockChuck BednarikLinda DarnellMargaret MeadPhilly DJs

Joe Farrell, Joe Farley, and Lawrence Knorr have traveled across the eastern USA to the graves of over 200 founding fathers (and mothers) responsible for the birth of the United States of America. This special volume about Pennsylvania includes those that lived, worked, and or died in Pennsylvania. Included in this volume are biographies and grave information for 44 of these luminaries who made significant contributions to the Revolutionary cause.In this volume: Introduction by former Governor Edward G. Rendell Foreword by former Lt. Governor Mark Singel Benjamin Franklin John Armstong, Sr. John Barry Jacob Broom Pierce Butler William Clingan George Clymer Tench Coxe John Dickinson William Henry Drayton Thomas Fitzsimmons Edward Hand Joseph Hewes Michael Hillegas Francis Hopkinson Charles Humphreys Jared Ingersoll William Jackson Philip Livingston William Maclay Thomas McKean Hugh Mercer Samuel Meredith Thomas Mifflin Gouverneur Morris Robert Morris John Morton Frederick Muhlenberg Peter Muhlenberg Molly Pitcher Joseph Reed David Rittenhouse Betsy Ross George Ross Benjamin Rush Arthur St. Clair James Smith Jonathan Bayard Smith Haym Solomon George Taylor Charles Thomson Anthony Wayne Thomas Willing James Wilson Revolutionary War Sites in Pennsylvania Index

Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in Philadelphia baseball history? Who is the winningest left-handed pitcher in American League history? Who is third in wins all-time among left-handed starters? Who threw more shutouts than any left-handed pitcher in baseball history? Few know the answer is Edward Stewart Plank, also known as "Gettysburg Eddie."Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, only a dozen years after the bloody Civil War battle, Eddie grew up on a farm and was a late-bloomer. By his early twenties, he was a local star on the town ballteam and enrolled in the Gettysburg Academy in order to pitch for Gettysburg College. Soon after, Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics in the newly-formed American League came calling and the rest is history.Eddie Plank was the mainstay of Connie Mack's early success from 1901 through 1914. Plank's unorthodox delivery and pinpoint control brought him consistent results. While others out-pitched him during individual seasons, "Steady-Eddie" provided Mack excellence year after year while others came and went.Gettysburg Eddie chronicles the life of this clean-living baseball superstar who worked hard, saved his money, and was always the perfect gentleman. Said Mack upon hearing of Eddie's premature death in 1926, "I feel like a father must feel who has lost a son."