County Chronicles: A Vivid Collection of Pa. Histories, Vol. IV

Drawn from a spectrum of counties all across Pennsylvania, each new volume of the award-winning COUNTY CHRONICLES history series continues to be a vivid - readable - collection of Pennsylvania's true stories. With Volume IV, amazingly, the award winning author has managed to outdo herself - her talent for writing has been honed to perfection. Each chapter, written in conversational style and backed by meticulous research, is pure pleasure to read. In this volume, as with all previous chapters, each Chronicle unfolds like a story, opening windows to the evermore fascinating past. Readers taking Ceane O'Hanlon-Lincoln's magic-carpet ride into COUNTY CHRONICLES Volume IV will be whisked to old (and new) Philadelphia, Birthplace of America, the place where Liberty was born. Next, they will come to know the very human side of Her Serene Highness, the Princess of Monaco, née Grace Patricia Kelly of Philadelphia, who is remembered not only for her great beauty but for her great and noble heart. In The Old Hero of Gettysburg, readers will thrill to the story of John L. Burns, the only civilian who fought in the bloody battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. John was past seventy when, with his old flintlock rifle, bell-crown hat, and swallow-tailed coat, he faced the grey-clad enemy who invaded his peaceful valley. In The Tragic Tale of Jennie Wade, readers will learn the poignant story of the only civilian to be killed during the terrible clash of Blue and Grey at Gettysburg. Jennie's is a heartrending tale of friendship and love. In The White Buffalo, O'Hanlon-Lincoln discusses the phenomena of four rare white (non-albino) buffalo born within a short time span of each other, at each compass point within our nation, the last in the East, in the author's home county of Fayette. A sacred symbol to Native Americans everywhere, the White Buffalo carries an all-important message for America at large. Readers will enjoy in The Stuff of Memories, a nostalgic trip down memory lane to the fabulous fifties, the last age of innocence in America. The exciting Chronicle entitled & Sometimes Even a Religion will awaken for readers the thrills of the 1960 World Series, when the underdog Pittsburgh Pirates knocked the invincible New York Yankees from their lofty pedestal. Who could ever forget Bill Mazeroski's walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth? How about a little Pennsylvania Potpourri to flavor your read? Or perhaps a trip to the famed Black Forest of Pennsylvania in "The Forest Primeval In CC IV, there are heroes aplenty, such as Barbaro, a Hero's Tale, the horse who captured America's heart; Margaret Mead, America's greatest anthropologist Harriet Lane, the Democratic Queen World War II heroes, as well as champions from the Civil War, and that is only scratching the surface. As with all previous and subsequent volumes, the chronicles of Volume IV open under beautiful cover art by Helen Alt.

Ceane O Hanlon-Lincoln is a native of Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, though she resided in neighboring Westmoreland County s Ligonier Valley for eighteen years, where she taught high school French until 1985. Already engaged in commercial writing, she immediately began pursuing a career in writing history, as well as historical fiction. History has always been my first love, the dynamic author has stated. I ll read a history book the way many read a novel. In 1987, O Hanlon-Lincoln won honors at Robert Redford s Sundance Institute, when two of her screenplays made the top twenty-five, chosen from thousands of nationwide entries. In 1994, she optioned one of those scripts to Kevin Costner; the other screenplay, A Toast to Destiny, she adapted, with a fellow teacher, to a compelling mystery novel of the same title. Ceane has also had a poem published in Great Poems of Our Time. Winner of the Editor s Choice Award, The Man Who Holds the Reins appears in County Chronicles II and in the fore of her anthology, Autumn Song, a medley of stories threaded by their destiny themes and autumnal settings. William Colvin, a Fayette County theatre and English instructor said of her Autumn Song: The tales rank with those of Rod Sterling and the great O. Henry. O Hanlon-Lincoln is a master storyteller. Robert Matzen, writer/producer of Paladin Films said of Autumn Song: I like the flow of the words, almost like song lyrics ... very evocative. From February 2000 to March 2002, Ceane authored, in her hometown newspaper, The Daily Courier, her own bimonthly column, County Chronicles, in which she focused on local history. A vivid assortment of places, people and events that affected and shaped Pennsylvania, County Chronicles the series is the result of the numerous requests for a compilation and continuation of her exciting Chronicles. In February 2004, O Hanlon-Lincoln won the prestigious Athena, an award presented to professional women of spirit on local, national and international levels. The marble, bronze and crystal Athena sculpture symbolizes career excellence, community leadership, and the light that emanates from the recipient. In the tradition of a great Irish seanchaí (storyteller), Ceane has been called by many a state-of-the-heart writer. Soon after the debut of the premier volume, the talented author won for her County Chronicles a Citation/Special Recognition Award from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, followed by a Special Recognition Award from the Senate of Pennsylvania.