Philadelphia Almanac And Citizen 's Manual 1995
Product Details Paperback: 222 pages Publisher: Library Co of Philadelphia (December 31, 2004) Language: English ISBN-10: 0914076892 ISBN-13: 978-0914076896 Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0914076892
ISBN13:9780914076896
Release Date:December 2004
Publisher:Library Co of Philadelphia
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Customer Reviews
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Interesting and entertaining, although fluffy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Interesting and entertaining, although fluffy. Plenty of tidbits about Philadelphia that are interesting for a local resident. The list of neighborhood names and their dates of first written attestation (pp 156-170) is the best piece of the whole thing, and the reason I bought it. With some of the names it seems likely to me that they existed long before the first written attestation, but that is just a guess. This edition must not have sold well enough, because it seemed aimed to be an annual periodical but stopped publishing after this edition. Worth getting a used copy if you like local history. By "fluffy" I mean that it is sidebar-crammed for readers with limited attention spans. I find this a little annoying, but it's the standard way of making magazines, almanacs, etc, because many readers prefer it.
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