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The ghostly woman of Summit Cut Bridge, a black hound that guards
the Gates of Hell and the whispering dead entombed beneath the
Black Crossthese are the spirits of southwestern Pennsylvania. Join
local author Thomas White as he recounts such chilling stories as
that of Revolutionary War witch Moll Derry and the phantom bride of
White Rocks and the hair-raising tale of the angry specter of a
steel millworker burned alive in a ladle of molten iron. Ascend the
secret stairs of the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh and wander
the dim stretch of Shades of Death Road in Washington County to
encounter the otherworldly denizens of the Keystone State.
Oppaymolleah's curse. General Braddock's buried gold. The Original
Man of Steel, Joe Magarac. Such legends have found a home among the
rich folklore of Western Pennsylvania. Thomas White spins a
beguiling yarn with tales that reach from the misty hollows of the
Alleghenies to the lost islands of Pittsburgh. White invites
readers to learn the truth behind the urban legend of the Green
Man, speculate on the conspiracy surrounding the lost B-25 bomber
of Monongahela and shiver over the ghostly lore of Western
Pennsylvania.
Violent bank heists, bold train robberies and hardened gangs all
tear across the history of the wild west--western Pennsylvania,
that is. The region played reluctant host to the likes of the
infamous Biddle Boys, who escaped Allegheny County Jail by
romancing the warden's wife, and the Cooley Gang, which held
Fayette County in its violent grip at the close of the nineteenth
century. Then there was Pennsylvania's own Bonnie and Clyde--Irene
and Glenn--whose murderous misadventures earned the "trigger
blonde" and her beau the electric chair in 1931. From the perilous
train tracks of Erie to the gritty streets of Pittsburgh, authors
Thomas White and Michael Hassett trace the dark history of the
crooks, murderers and outlaws who both terrorized and fascinated
the citizenry of western Pennsylvania.
Strange creatures and tales of the supernatural thrive in
Pennsylvania, from ghostly children who linger by their graves to
werewolves that ambush nighttime travelers. Passed down over
generations, Keystone State legends and lore provide both thrilling
stories and dire warnings. Phantom trains chug down the now removed
rails of the P&LE Railroad line on the Great Allegheny Passage.
A wild ape boy is said to roam the Chester swamps, while the
weeping Squonk wanders the hemlock-shrouded hills of central
Pennsylvania, lamenting his hideousness. On dark nights, the ghosts
of Betty Knox and her Union soldier beau still search for each
other at Dunbar Creek. Join Thomas White and company as they go in
search of the truth behind the legends of supernatural
Pennsylvania.
William Penn, the might of Pittsburgh steel and the Revolutionary
figures of Philadelphia dominate the scene of Pennsylvania history.
Thomas White brings together a collection of tales that have been
cast in the shadows by these giants of the Keystone State. From the
1869 storm that pelted Chester County with snails to the bloody end
of the Cooley gang, White selects events with an eye for the
humorous and strange. Mostly true accounts of cannibalistic feasts,
goat-rescuing lawmen, heroic goldfish, the funeral of a gypsy queen
and a Pittsburgh canine whose obituary was featured in the "New
York Times" all leap from the lost pages of history.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Since William Penn presided over the state's only official witch
trial in 1684, witchcraft and folk magic have been a part of the
history of the Keystone State. English and German settlers brought
their beliefs in magic with them from the Old World--sometimes with
dangerous consequences. In 1802, an Allegheny County judge helped
an accused witch escape an angry mob. Susan Mummey was not so
fortunate. In 1934, she was shot and killed in her home by a young
Schuylkill County man who was convinced that she had cursed him. In
other regions of the state, views on folk magic were more complex.
While hex doctors were feared in the Pennsylvania German tradition,
powwowers were and are revered for their abilities to heal, lift
curses and find lost objects. Folklorist Thomas White traces the
history and lore of witchcraft and the occult that quietly live on
in Pennsylvania even today.
Can a philosopher defend the rational warrant for belief in
Christianity? Is it reasonable to be religious? Is it
philosophically responsible to be a Christian who believes in the
mystery of the Trinity? Principles of Catholic Theology explores
these questions in a systematic way by considering questions of
ultimate explanation. Why not hold that modern atheistic naturalism
provides the best explanation of reality? Or, if there is a
transcendent first principle that explains all of reality, is it
impersonal rather than personal? Contrastingly, if monotheism
constitutes the best explanation for created being, how can we
reasonably believe in any particular revelation concerning God?
What are the criteria for rational belief in revelation? Thomas
Joseph White, OP, considers these questions by exploring a series
of topics: the transcendentals (existence, oneness, truth,
goodness, beauty); rational argument for the existence of God; the
immateriality and subsistence after death of the personal soul of
the human being; the historical and conceptual coherence of
Trinitarian doctrine; and the reasonableness of the natural desire
to see God. The aim of Principles of Catholic Theology, Book 2 is
to place contemporary natural reason in profound dialogue with the
Catholic faith and to think about ways that we can consent to the
profound mystery of the Holy Trinity that are in robust concord
with the knowledge obtained from philosophical, scientific, and
historical sources.
The assessment of greenhouse gases emitted to and removed from the
atmosphere is high on the international political and scientific
agendas. Growing international concern and cooperation regarding
the climate change problem have increased the need for
policy-oriented solutions to the issue of uncertainty in, and
related to, inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The
approaches to addressing uncertainty discussed here reflect
attempts to improve national inventories, not only for their own
sake but also from a wider, systems analytical perspective - a
perspective that seeks to strengthen the usefulness of national
inventories under a compliance and/or global monitoring and
reporting framework. These approaches demonstrate the benefits of
including inventory uncertainty in policy analyses. The authors of
the contributed papers show that considering uncertainty helps
avoid situations that can, for example, create a false sense of
certainty or lead to invalid views of subsystems. This may
eventually prevent related errors from showing up in analyses.
However, considering uncertainty does not come for free. Proper
treatment of uncertainty is costly and demanding because it forces
us to make the step from "simple to complex" and only then to
discuss potential simplifications. Finally, comprehensive treatment
of uncertainty does not offer policymakers quick and easy
solutions.
The assessment of greenhouse gases emitted to and removed from the
atmosphere is high on the international political and scientific
agendas. Growing international concern and cooperation regarding
the climate change problem have increased the need for
policy-oriented solutions to the issue of uncertainty in, and
related to, inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The
approaches to addressing uncertainty discussed here reflect
attempts to improve national inventories, not only for their own
sake but also from a wider, systems analytical perspective - a
perspective that seeks to strengthen the usefulness of national
inventories under a compliance and/or global monitoring and
reporting framework. These approaches demonstrate the benefits of
including inventory uncertainty in policy analyses. The authors of
the contributed papers show that considering uncertainty helps
avoid situations that can, for example, create a false sense of
certainty or lead to invalid views of subsystems. This may
eventually prevent related errors from showing up in analyses.
However, considering uncertainty does not come for free. Proper
treatment of uncertainty is costly and demanding because it forces
us to make the step from "simple to complex" and only then to
discuss potential simplifications. Finally, comprehensive treatment
of uncertainty does not offer policymakers quick and easy
solutions.
This book shows which historical developments led people to start
describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Why, in the years
around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become
prominent in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of World War
One, the term became fundamental to public understandings of
national and international politics, law, and society. Minorities
(and majorities too) were taken to be an objective reality, both in
the present and the past. Benjamin White uses a study of Syria
under the French mandate to show what historical developments led
people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'.
Through close attention to what changed in French-mandate Syria,
and what those changes meant, White argues for a careful
reappraisal of a term too often used as an objective description of
reality.
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