Remembering Kensington and Fishtown : Philadelphia's Riverward Neighborhoods by Kenneth Milano

Remembering Kensington and Fishtown : Philadelphia's Riverward Neighborhoods by Kenneth Milano

The Native Americans called it shackamaxon, the place where the chiefs meet, but Kensington soon became a meeting place of a different kind. Ideologies and demagogues, industry and entrepreneurs all came together in Kensington and Fishtown. Kensington was the epicenter of the American vegetarian movement, and a decade later the area's shipyards gave birth to the U.S. Navy's first submarine. In Kensington & Fishtown, native son Kenneth W. Milano presents a collection of fascinating and diverse articles from his column The Rest is History. Relive the golden age of Kensington and Fishtown as you learn about learn about their fascinating pasts.

Milano, Kenneth W.: - Kenneth W. Milano was born and raised in Kensington and still lives in that section of Philadelphia, where his mother's German ancestors first arrived from Unterleichtersbach, Bavaria, in the early 1840s. He has a twenty-plus-year history in the rare and scholarly bookselling and manuscript business and currently works with the bookselling firm of Michael Brown Rare Americana, LLC, of Philadelphia. In the mid-1990s, Mr. Milano helped to found the Kensington History Project, a community-based historical group that researches, lectures and publishes on the history of Kensington and Fishtown.

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ISBN 13	9781596294486
ISBN 10	1596294485
Title	Remembering Kensington and Fishtown : Philadelphia's Riverward Neighborhoods
Author	Kenneth Milano
Series	American Chronicles Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	History Press
Year published	2008-04-18
Number of pages	128
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