Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding lunatic. From the outlawing of tambourine beating to the posse that caught a "ghost" and everything in between, the Brothers White take a wickedly gleeful romp through the freak happenings, dastardly deeds and unbelievable characters that lurk in the lost chronicles of the City of Brotherly Love.

Author: Thomas White, Edward White
Publisher: History Press
Published: 09/30/2011
Pages: 155
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781609492700
ISBN10: 1609492706
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,