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Tour the cemeteries of Pennsylvania''s three original counties (Philadelphia, Delaware, and Chester--The Birthplace of America). This fascinating guide includes twenty maps providing locations for twenty burial grounds. Over 145 color images present graveyard monuments, ranging from simple early headstones of the 1600s to imposing Victorian ziggurats. View the penny-strewn grave of Benjamin Franklin, the monumental marker of General Mad Anthony Wayne, a granite obelisk commemorating the Revolutionary War''s Paoli Massacre, mausoleums of Millionaires'' Row at Laurel Hill, simple markers for runaway slaves seeking freedom, and the cast iron gates believed to prevent the wandering of restless souls. Fascinating stories, sure to captivate the reader, include tales of such ghostly doings as ticking tombstones, a long departed general in search of his bones, spectral appearances of soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and races with the Devil. For those readers with a passion for

Philadelphia Area Cemeteries

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      Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
      Published 12 May 2005
      ISBN-13 9780764322228
      978-0764322228
      ISBN-10 764322222

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      Book Synopsis
      Tour the cemeteries of Pennsylvania''s three original counties (Philadelphia, Delaware, and Chester--The Birthplace of America). This fascinating guide includes twenty maps providing locations for twenty burial grounds. Over 145 color images present graveyard monuments, ranging from simple early headstones of the 1600s to imposing Victorian ziggurats. View the penny-strewn grave of Benjamin Franklin, the monumental marker of General Mad Anthony Wayne, a granite obelisk commemorating the Revolutionary War''s Paoli Massacre, mausoleums of Millionaires'' Row at Laurel Hill, simple markers for runaway slaves seeking freedom, and the cast iron gates believed to prevent the wandering of restless souls. Fascinating stories, sure to captivate the reader, include tales of such ghostly doings as ticking tombstones, a long departed general in search of his bones, spectral appearances of soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, and races with the Devil. For those readers with a passion for

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