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Real Philly history, real fast : fascinating facts and interesting oddities about the city's heroes and historic sites / Jim Murphy.

"An alternative, history-focused guidebook to a selection of Philadelphia's heroes and notable places"--

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Murphy, Jim (James F.), 1944- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
Historic sites > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Guidebooks.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > History > Anecdotes.
Philadelphia (Pa.) > Biography > Anecdotes.
Historic sites.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Guidebooks.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • How to Use This Book
  • Part One: William Penn's Huge Impact on Philadelphia. Chapter 1. A City of Churches
  • Chapter 2. Green from the Get-Go
  • Chapter 3. Philly's Flag
  • Chapter 4. Welcome Park
  • Part Two: Military Leaders
  • Chapter 5. Captain Gustavus Conyngham
  • Chapter 6. Commodore John Barry
  • Chapter 7. Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr.
  • Part Three: Gone
  • But Not Forgotten. Chapter 8: Acadian Connection
  • Chapter 9. The Gaskill Street Baths
  • Chapter 10. The Grand Battery (or The Association Battery)
  • Chapter 11. Washington Avenue Immigration Station
  • Part Four: Heroes, Sung and Unsung
  • Chapter 12. Charles Willson Peale
  • Chapter 13. Francis Daniel Pastorius
  • Chapter 14. Isaiah Zagar
  • Chapter 15. James Forten
  • Chapter 16. Lucretia Mott
  • Chapter 17. Richard Allen
  • Chapter 18. Robert Smith
  • Chapter 19. W.E.B. Du Bois
  • Part Five: Mob Rule. Chapter 20. Bible Riots
  • Chapter 21. Lombard Street Riot
  • Part Six: In the Neighborhoods. Chapter 22. 9th Street Market (aka the Italian Market)
  • Chapter 23. Chinatown
  • Chapter 24. Philadelphia's LGBT Community
  • Part Seven: Hidden In Plain Sight. Chapter 25. Ars Medendi
  • Chapter 26. Dream Garden Tiffany Mosaic
  • Chapter 27. Independence National Historical Park
  • Chapter 28. Irish Memorial
  • Chapter 29. Mason-Dixon Survey
  • Chapter 30. Old Pine Street Churchyard
  • Part Eight: Marvelous Museums. Chapter 31. The African American Museum of Philadelphia
  • Chapter 32. National Museum of American Jewish History
  • Chapter 33. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  • Part Nine: Historic Architecture. Chapter 34. Athenaeum of Philadelphia
  • Chapter 35. Ben Franklin Bridge
  • Chapter 36. Carpenters' Hall
  • Chapter 37. Christ Church
  • Chapter 38. City Hall
  • Chapter 39. Gloria Dei Church (Old Swedes')
  • Chapter 40. Masonic Temple
  • Chapter 41. The PSFS Building
  • Chapter 42. Reading Terminal Market
  • Chapter 43. Sparks Shot Tower
  • Chapter 44. Water Works
  • Chapter 45. U.S. Custom House
  • Part Ten: Where History Come Alive. Chapter 46. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
  • Chapter 47. Library Company of Philadelphia
  • Part Eleven. Beyond Center City
  • Chapter 48: Cliveden (or the Chew House)
  • Chapter 49. Fort Mifflin
  • Chapter 50. Taller Puertorriqueño
  • Chapter 51. The Lazaretto.

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