Of all the rivers in the country, few can claim as long, diverse, and colorful a history as the Allegheny. Jim Schafer and Mike Sajna take us on a trip from its mouth to its headwaters, charting the Allegheny River's history from its creation during the Ice Age to the present. Using historical records and accounts, interviews, personal experiences, and over 150 contemporary and historical photographs, Schafer and Sajna vividly portray the mighty Allegheny. George Washington nearly drowned in the Allegheny's frigid waters. Indians burned to death their British captives along the river's banks during the French and Indian Wars. Andrew Carnegie opened a foundry on the Allegheny in the 1860s. Environmentalist Rachel Carson, infamous oilman John Wilkes Booth, muckraker Ida Tarbell, real-life legends like Johnny Appleseed and Mike Fink, and Seneca Indian artists figure in a narrative bedecked with 165 color photographs. |
| Literary Warren, Pennsylvania Here you can find books about the Warren, Pennsylvania region and books written by people who have called Warren their home. If you are a publisher and can afford to send a reviewer's copy of your book (I don't object to signed copies), please e-mail me at Chris@DrLareau.com so I can give you the correct address to send it. Sorry, books cannot be returned. I will give reviews from the local perspective as someone who has grown up in Warren, Pennsylvania and point out topics of interest to those who live here. For information on my writing credits, please visit this page. To read more about the books featured in this special section of Belle Riviere, please click on the appropriate book cover. They are all available from Amazon.com. Thank you. If this is your first time visiting Belle Riviere, you can view our Home Page here or use the special Google search box below to find something special at this website. |
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| Hiking Pennsylvania, by Warren writer Mike Bleech |
| Pennsylvania Wilds: Images from the Allegheny National Forest (Hardcover) by Lisa Gensheimer, Ed Bernik (Photographer), Jonathan Tourtellot see review on this website |
| Kinzua: From Cornplanter To The Corps (Paperback) by William N. Hoover |
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| Wilderness Forever: Howard Zahniser And The Path To The Wilderness Act (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Mark Harvey Biography of Tionesta resident who was the architect of the National Forest system. |
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| Cornplanter Chronicles, a tale of the legendary Seneca chieftain by Harold Thomas Beck One reviewer wrote: "Cornplanter Chronicles is one of the finest historical pieces I have ever read. It is the fictionalized account of one of the greatest war chiefs of all time and being a Cornplanter descendant, I appreciate the history and the attention to detail the writer took in his creation." |
| When Mr. Peterson was growing up in Warren, Pa., he had seen some of the great Negro leaguers in barnstorming games. He later played baseball at Upsala College in East Orange, N.J., and worked as an editor for The World-Telegram and The Sun. When the paper closed in 1966, he turned to freelance writing and set out to learn the history of the Negro leagues by interviewing the star players and studying microfilm of black newspapers. Mr. Peterson was inspired by those memories from his boyhood. In the preface to "Only the Ball Was White," he recalled: "One summer day in 1939 a kid squatted on the bank behind home plate at Russell Field in Warren, Pennsylvania, fielding foul balls (which could be redeemed for a nickel each - no small consideration in those days), and saw Josh Gibson hit the longest home run ever struck in Warren County. It was one of many impressive feats performed by touring black players that excited the wonder and admiration of that foul-ball shagger. This book is the belated fruit of his wonder." --excerpt from Peterson's obituary written by RICHARD GOLDSTEIN, NewYork Times, February 16, 2006 |
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| Join this noted naturalist, as he seeks adventure birding in the virgin timber of Wild Cat Run, navigating a steep precipice in the wilds of Goshawk Basin, or climbing 70 feet up a giant Eastern Hemlock to peer into a Sharp-shinned Hawk's nest. |
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| Poetry by Julie Wendell, Warren Area High School class of 1973 |
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| On Baseball, by Warren authors................................................................. |
| Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-tumble Life of a Baseball Legend by Tim Gay, Warren Area High School class of 1972 A reviewer wrote: "A biography of Tris Speaker has been long overdue. However, the wait has been worth it. Author Timothy Gay has provided us with the definitive biograhy of one of baseball's immortals." (still looking for a better image here. i tried to enlarge but it distorts the book cover, more to come!) |
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| Nature photographer Ed Bernik discusses his book, Pennsylvania Wilds at May 2006 book signing in Warren. He is joined by the book's designer, Bev Verbeke and its writer, Lisa Gensheimer. Pennsylvania Wilds was a finalist for a national book award. Photos by Nash Bernik. Copyright 2006. |
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