Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia

by Edward White, Thomas White, Thomas White

Book Overview

A twelve-foot bull shark in the Delaware, the 1856 tornado that tore through Kensington and the four-elephant battle royal that rolled into Fair Hill Junction are among the bizarre tales that are too often overlooked in the history of Penn's Holy Experiment. Authors Thomas and Edward White have intrepidly stormed the stacks to unearth this offbeat collection of strange stories and weird lore with accounts of body snatchers, witch trials and a snake-wielding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609492706
• ISBN13: 9781609492700
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 6.9"