If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army Volume 2 June 22–30, 1863 [Audiobook]

 
If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army Volume 2 June 22–30, 1863 [Audiobook]
Free Download "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg: Volume 2: June 22-30, 1863 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C79RMFW7 | 2023 | 13 hours and 40 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 392 MB
Author: Scott L. Mingus Sr., Eric J. Wittenberg
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
General Robert E. Lee's movement north shifted the war out of the central counties of the Old Dominion into the Shenandoah Valley, across the Potomac, and beyond. The first installment carried the armies through the defining clash at Battle of Brandy Station, after which Lee pushed his corps into the Shenandoah Valley and achieved victory at Second Winchester. Major General Joseph Hooker used his cavalry to probe the mountain gaps, triggering a series of consequential mounted actions. The current volume completes the march to Gettysburg and details the actions and whereabout of each of the armies.


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If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Volume 1 June 3-21, 1863 [Audiobook]

 
If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Volume 1 June 3-21, 1863 [Audiobook]
Free Download "If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania": The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg-Volume 1: June 3-21, 1863 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0C5S5G8H7 | 2023 | 15 hours and 22 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 442 MB
Author: Scott L. Mingus Sr., Eric J. Wittenberg
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
Gen. Robert E. Lee began moving part of his Army of Northern Virginia from the Old Dominion toward Pennsylvania on June 3, 1863. Lee believed his army needed to win a major victory on Northern soil if the South was to have a chance at winning the war. Transferring the fighting out of war-torn Virginia would allow the state time to heal while he supplied his army from untapped farms and stores in Maryland and the Keystone State. Lee had also convinced Pres. Jefferson Davis that his offensive would interfere with the Union effort to take Vicksburg in Mississippi. The bold movement would trigger extensive cavalry fighting and a major battle at Winchester before culminating in the bloody three-day battle at Gettysburg.


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Pennsylvania Off the Beaten Path

 
Pennsylvania Off the Beaten Path
Free Download Pennsylvania Off the Beaten Path by Christine O'Toole
English | July 1, 2022 | ISBN: 1493065750 | 188 pages | PDF | 2.38 Mb
Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Pennsylvania Off the Beaten Path show you the Keystone State you never knew existed.


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The Bootleg Coal Rebellion The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry 1925-1942

 
The Bootleg Coal Rebellion The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry 1925-1942
Mitch Troutman, "The Bootleg Coal Rebellion: The Pennsylvania Miners Who Seized an Industry: 1925-1942"
English | ISBN: 1629639338 | 2022 | 352 pages | EPUB | 16 MB
Told with great intimacy and compassion, The Bootleg Coal Rebellion uncovers a long-buried history of resistance and resilience among depression-era miners in Pennsylvania, who sunk their own mines on company grounds and fought police, bankers, coal companies and courts to form a union that would safeguard not just their livelihoods, but protect their collective autonomy as citizens and workers for decades. Community and Labor organizer Mitch Troutman brings this explosive and accessible American tale to life through the bootleggers' own words. Scholars, historians, organizers and activists will celebrate this story of the people who literally seized mountains and stood their ground to create the Equalization movement, the miners' union democracy movement, and the Communist-led Unemployed Councils of the anthracite region. This epic story of work, love and community stands as a testament to the power of collective action; a story that is sorely needed as communities today rise to confront neoliberal policies ravaging our planet.


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Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch Witchcraft, Faith Healing and Related Practices

 
Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch Witchcraft, Faith Healing and Related Practices
Richard L.T. Orth, "Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch: Witchcraft, Faith Healing and Related Practices"
English | ISBN: 1476672261 | 2018 | 269 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"-descended from German immigrants-have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing. The tradition was brought by immigrants from the Rhineland and Switzerland in the 17th and 18th centuries, when they settled in Pennsylvania and in other areas of what is now the eastern United States and Canada. Practitioners draw on folklore and tradition dating to the turn of the 19th century, when healers like Mountain Mary-canonized as a saint for her powers-arrived in the New World. The author, a member of the Pennsylvania Dutch community, describes in detail the practices, culture and history of faith healers and witches.


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