Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania - Wright/Corbett

PIONEER LIFE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. 1940 (Reprint) by J. E. Wright and Doris S. Corbett. Glowing description of the day-to-day drudgery and danger in the lives of settlers on the western Pennsylvania frontier. "The book abounds with information on land grants, German and Scotch-Irish immigration, the influx of particular religions...and local customs and superstitiions." Also included are first-person accounts of frontier life and drawings of many pioneer tools. ISBN 0-8229-6044-3, LOC 41-10730. 251 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 softbound