including national parks, monuments, historic sites, and other park areas

Browse below for books on National Park System areas in Pennsylvania, or click for: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Gettysburg National Military Park,   Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site,   Independence National Historical Park,  Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail

 

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S "GOOD HOUSE": the story of Franklin Court. by Claude-Anne Lopez.
National Park Service Handbook #114 for Independence National Historical Park at Philadelphia. Tells of the Franklin House and Franklin family, of building the house, and of Franklin's many involvements--inventions and scientific instruments, the American Revolution, printing, plus history of present memorial. Color illustrations, 64 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00817-9. Order #: USGB8815 paper $5.95.

 

DISCOVERING DELAWARE WATER GAP: a field book for young naturalists. by National Park Service.
Geologic origin of the Appalachian mountains in this region, the fossils the rocks contain, and how the gap was carved by the Delaware River, role of glaciers. Plants and animal communities and forest types are examined, with interesting insights into their ecology. Suggestions for further explorations beyond the materials in the book are made, with note pages for recording observations. Photographs and drawings, 44 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00707-9. 1978. Order #: USGB1112 paper$3.95.

GETTYSBURG: the story behind the scenery(PA). Davis.
Battle, landscape, reunions of soldiers of both sides, meanings. 46 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
Inventory =6. ISBN: 0-916122-89-1. 1983. Order #: KCPU4041 paper $8.95.

 

 

 

HOPEWELL FURNACE. by W. David Lewis and Walter Huggins.
National Park Service Handbook #124 to Hopewell Village National Historic Site in Pennsylvania, a reconstructed 19th century iron-making community. Tells how they got the ore and limestone and the coal used for heat to make it into metal products like stove parts, pots and pans, weights, buckets, and even cannon balls; how these products were made, and their distribution to a widespread market. Transportation wagons, tools, buildings, and the people and company involved. Color illustrations, 96 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00904-3. 1983. Order #: USGB2458 paper$6.95.

 

 

INDEPENDENCE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK: the story behind the scenery. Thomson.
Origin and meaning of this park where the U.S. Constitution was created, along with the buildings where it happened and the people who did it. 48 large-format pages, color illustrations.
ISBN: 0-88714-045-9. 1990. Order #: KCPU4777 paper$8.95

 

 

 

INDEPENDENCE: a guide to Independence National Historical Park. by Richard B. Morris.
National Park Service Handbook #115 to Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia. Role of Independence Hall as site where American government was formed. History of the Constitution, Philadelphia as capital of the United States, history of the Liberty Bell (which is on site), related historic sites nearby including the house where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.. Color illustrations, 64 pages.
ISBN: 024-005-00830-6. 1982. Order #: USGB2447 paper $4.95.

 

ISCOVERING LEWIS AND CLARK FROM THE AIR. Author: Joseph A. Mussulman, Photographer: Jim Wark.
"Anyone who insists on a window seat when booking an airline flight will enjoy this book." We Proceeded On. Offers a fascinating new perspective on the Corp's historic journey. From Monticello in the east to Fort Clatsop on the Pacific Coast, the wild continent the expedition crossed is revealed anew in breathtaking full-color photographs. 272 pages. OUT OF PRINT; we have 1 copy left.
Inventory = 1 ISBN: 0-87842-490-4. Order #: MOPR1139 paper $24.00.

 

LEWIS AND CLARK: a photographic journey. by Bill and Jan Moeller.
Bill and Jan Moeller's Lewis and Clark provides a photo documentary to accompany text and quotes from the journals of Lewis and Clark, creating a more appealing visual exploration of their journeys accessible to general-interest audiences." —Bookwatch. Retrace Lewis and Clark's footsteps with photographs of each location as the explorers would have seen it. Includes quotes from their journals and carefully researched text. Color photographs, 108 pages.
ISBN: 0-87842-405-9. 1999. Order #: MOPR1138 paper $18.00.

LEWIS AND CLARK: Voyage of Discovery. Murphy.
1804 exploration into America's new Louisiana Purchase; wildlife, Indian encounters. 68 color photos, 48 large-format pages.
ISBN: 0-916122-50-6. 1984. Third printing. Order #: KCPU0740 paper$8.95.

 

 

 

LEWIS AND CLARK TRAIL: the photo journal. by George Thomas.
If Lewis and Clark had had the good fortune to document their amazing journey with photographs, these are the scenes that would have been recorded because they are the scenes described in their journals. Each photograph was taken within three weeks of the date Lewis and Clark camped at or passed each location—thus, landscapes, water flows and vegetative stages are very much as seen by expedition members. 11"x 8-1/2", 136 pages, 195 color photos, maps.
ISBN: 0-970599-20-X. 2004. Order #: PIHI5799 paper $19.95.

 

PATHWAYS TO INDEPENDENCE: discovering Independence National Historical Park. by Shirley Milgrim.
Traces the history of Philadelphia to become the leading metropolis of Colonial America and the capitol of the United States from 1790 to 1800.Details the stories of the buildings and sites of the park and its region, including Carpenters' Hall, Christ Church and Cemetery, Franklin Court, First Bank of the United States, Friends' Meeting House, Philadelphia Exchange, and more. Drawings,127 pages.
ISBN: 0-85699-101-5. 1974. Order #:CHAT3364 cloth $7.95.

 

 

THE STORY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. by Kenneth Richards.
Children's history of the Civil War and the battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and how it led Lincoln to write and deliver his masterful freedom speech. Illustrated, 3l pages.
Inventory = 1 ISBN: 0-516-44615-0. Order #: CHIL2058 paper $3.95.

 

 

THE STORY OF THE LIBERTY BELL. by Natalie Miller.
Children's history of America's famed freedom symbol--idea for the bell and getting it made in England and then at length installed in the Philadelphia State House, secreted away during the War for Independence, then reinstalled and rung until it cracked (the second time, after repair). In this history the bell became a symbol of American freedom and has gone on tour throughout the United States now to be seen again at Independence National Historic Park in Pennsylvania. Illustrated, 30 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-44622-3. Order #: CHIL2067 paper $3.95.

 

List of National Park System areas in Pennsylvania:
Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site
Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail
Chesapeake Bay
Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Eisenhower National Historic Site
First State National Historical Park
Flight 93 National Memorial
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Friendship Hill National Historic Site
Gettysburg National Military Park
Gloria Dei Church National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Independence National Historical Park
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail
Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River
North Country National Scenic Trail
Oil Region National Heritage Area
Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail
Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area
Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area
Steamtown National Historic Site
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
Upper Delaware Scenic& Recreational River
Valley Forge National Historical Park
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

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