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Lackawanna Historical Society's Bookstore

Welcome to the Society's Bookstore. To purchase, either stop by the Lackawanna Historical Society or fill out and mail in the order form to the address provided. All orders should be purchased using either check or money order made out to the Lackawanna Historical Society. Please note: All items have the state tax included in their price.

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Featured Items for the Season

For Summer: Books by Burton W. Folsom

In honor of our guest speaker for our annual dinner, we have two books by him available for sale, the first Urban Capitalists at the bookstore starting June 10 and the second New Deal or Raw Deal? How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America available for sale at the annual dinner on August 26.
Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
Urban Capitalists: Entrepreneurs and City Growth in Pennsylvania's Lackawanna and Lehigh Regions, 1800-1920
by Burton W. Folsom
$25.00 $27.50
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Special Offerings

Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
"The Office" - 2007 Scranton Convention t-shirts, sizes: large and extra large. $5.00 $5.00
"Postcard Views of the Lackawanna Valley" Collection
Set of ten postcards captured by five area photographers from the Society's summer 2007 exhibit of the same name.
$13.25 $13.25
Rocky Glen Documentary - DVD $23.85 $26.50
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LHS Specific Gifts

Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
LHS Pens $1.90 $2.10
LHS Mugs $4.75 $5.30
LHS Pins $0.95 $1.05
LHS Cap $13.50 $15.00
Catlin House Shelf Sitter $14.30 $15.90
LHS Cards: (Breaker boys/Bicycle club)
Each $0.70 $0.70
For Ten $6.65 $7.40
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The Sweeney Collection

These are the collected works of the Society's late president, Alan Sweeney. His love of history is evident in the books he wrote.
Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
Gateway to the Clouds
Written with Judy Sweeney
$22.95 $22.95
Journey Along... $19.10 $21.20
Scranton
Written with Cheryl Kashuba and Darlene Miller Lanning
$19.10 $21.20
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Local Interest Books

These books span a wide range of topics. Alphabetized by title.
Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
The American Industrial Worker in the Progressive Era
by James R. Williamson
$4.80 $5.30
Anthracite Trust
by Arlene Freeman
$14.25 $15.85
Around Lake Ariel
by Kurt A. Reed
$19.10 $21.20
Artwork of William Keller
by the artist
$38.15 $42.40
As Seen Through the Camera...
by Jack Hiddlestone
$12.30 $13.70
Blakely 1867 - 1967 $7.00 $7.00
Brewed in Scranton
by Nick Petula
$13.50 $15.00
A Brief History of Scranton, Pennsylvania
by cheryl Kashuba
$19.43 $21.59
Captain Blakely and the Wasp Anthracite Trust
by Stephen Duffy
$15.25 $16.95
Cobwebs
by Harriet Gertrudes Watres "Stella of Lackawanna"
$18.05 $20.10
The Courage to Lead The Life Story of Rev. Jacob M. Kohler, Pennsylvania's First Deaf Advocate
by Dorothy S. Bambach, Ed. D.
$20.00 $20.00
Dancing Along the Deadline The Anderson Memoir of A Prisoner of the Confederacy
by Ezra Hoyt Ripple, Edited by Mark A. Snell
$18.05 $20.10
Diamonds in the Coalfield
by William Kashatus
$23.80 $26.45
Echoes in the Hills
by Anne Davison Lewis
$23.85 $26.50
Fighting for the Union Label
by Kenneth Wolensky
$19.05 $21.15
Finding the Houses that Sears Built
by Thorton
$19.10 $21.20
The Fire Down Below
by Jack McDonough
$14.30 $15.90
Following the Connecticut Trail
by S. Fletcher Wayburn
$6.30 $7.00
George Catlin and the Old Frontier
by Harold McCracken
$33.40 $37.10
Gettysburg Memory, Market, and an American Shrine
by Jim Weeks
$23.80 $26.45
The Glass Industry of Wayne County, PA 1807 - Present
by Walter B. Barbe and Kurt Reed
$38.05 $42.40
A Guide to Outdoor Sculpture Lackawanna County Scranton
by the LHS
$2.70 $3.00
A History of Dalton
by Norm Brauer
$40.00 $40.00
The History of the Public Schools in Scranton
by Nick Petula & Thomas M. Morgan Sr.
$20.85 $25.00
A History of Scranton Professional Baseball 1865-1953
by Nick Petula
$14.30 $15.90
The History of Taylorville Colliery
by Shawn Murphy
$4.80 $5.30
The Houses That Sears Built
by Rosemary Thornton
$19.10 $21.20
If You Can Play Scranton
by Nancy McDonald
$14.30 $15.90
Images of Rail Scranton Railroad
by David Crosby
$19.20 $23.31
The Irish Are coming Sligo to Scranton 1850-1900
by Jim Dolan
$19.10 $21.20
Italians of Northeastern PA
by Stephanie Longo
$19.10 $21.20
Jews of Scranton
by Arnine Cumsky Weiss and Darlene Miller-Lanning
$19.10 $21.20
The Knox Mine Disaster January 22, 1959
by The Wolensky’s
$14.30 $15.90
Life on the Ohio Frontier A Collection of Letters from Mary Lott to Deacon John Phillips 1826 - 1846
by Jacqueline Bachar
$28.60 $31.80
Lincoln… The Northeastern Pennsylvania Connection
by Aileen Freeman
$14.25 $15.58
Michael Bosak An American Banker from Saris
by Martin and Rudolf Bosak
$14.30 $15.90
Miles of Mules… History With A Colorful Kick $38.15 $42.40
Mine Seed
by Lucia Dailey
$14.80 $16.45
Nine Bells at the Breaker
by Geraldine Glodek
$22.90 $25.45
The Northern Electric Trolley
by Norm Brauer
$30.05 $33.39
Overbrook Town Shop Recipes
by McCurdy and Coan
$11.45 $12.75
Part of a Geography
by John E. McGuqian
$9.55 $10.60
Pennsylvania Folk Art of Samuel L. Plank
by Bosson, Boring, Cornrad, and Dancy
$28.55 $31.75
Pennsylvania’s Northeast Treasures
by Daniel K. Perry
$19.10 $21.20
Pennsylvania’s Second Year At War
by S. K. Stevens, Marvin W. Schlegel, and Joseph T. Kingston
$8.20 $9.10
Pioneer Neighborhood
by Nick Petula
$26.65 $29.70
The Player
by Philip Seib
$5.28 $5.86
A Proper Dress
by Jennifer Hill-Kaucher & Elizabeth Parry-Faist
$10.00 $10.60
A Return to Luna Park
by Jack Hiddlestone
$13.30 $14.80
Scranton Electric City
by Alyssa Amori
$25.00 $25.00
Scranton Road
by Louise Sturges DeDera
$14.30 $15.90
Scranton’s Mayors
by David J. Wenzel
$11.98 $13.31
Stories from the Mines
by Matkosky and Curra
$28.61 $31.80
The Susquehanna Frontier NEPA during the Revolutionary Years
by James R. Williamson and Linda Fossler
$7.60 $8.45
Thornhust and the Upper Lehigh River
by Jim Howley
$23.85 $26.50
Today at SFT A History of the Scranton Federation of Teachers
by Nancy McDonald
$19.10 $21.20
Tragedy at Avondale
by Kenneth Wolensky & Joseph M. Keating
$19.95 $19.95
Tributes to William Penn...A Tercentenary Record 1644-1944
by PHMC
$10.90 $12.20
Voices of the Knox Disaster
by The Wolensky’s
$14.30 $15.90
Waverly & The Waverly Community House
by Dr. Josephine M. Dunn
$19.10 $21.20
Wish You Were Here...Picture Postcard History of Lackawanna County, PA
by Hiddlestone and Calemmo
$21.90 $24.30
Women of Scranton
by Dunn Kashuba
$19.10 $21.20
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Toys and Collectables

Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
Brass Compass $17.95 $19.95
Coin Cufflinks $9.98 $9.98
Dragon (Taffy) $19.10 $21.20
Kaleidoscope $5.48 $6.10
Lackawanna RR Playing Cards $5.48 $6.10
Scranton Lackawanna Sesquicentennial Mug $5.30 $5.30
Scranton Mules $15.00 $15.00
The Unknown Collier $19.10 $21.20
Trolleys $5.67 $6.30
Wooden Nickels $0.15 $0.25
150th Anniversary of Scranton Merchandise
Hat $4.50 $5.00
Mug $4.75 $5.30
Postcards
Each $1.50 $1.50
Set of Ten $12.00 $12.00
Waterbury Buttons
Each $5.65 $6.30
Set $8.35 $9.30
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Audio and Video Collection

Item Members' Price Non-Members' Price
An American Homecoming
Audio Cassette $9.54 $10.60
CD $13.35 $14.84
PA Homecoming Audio Cassette $9.54 $10.60
Stories From The Mines
VHS Video
$19.00 $21.15
Anthracite Traction
VHS Video
$38.10 $42.32
The Alamo
DVD
$10.00 $10.00
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