Moon Handbooks: Pennsylvania (1st Ed.) [Paperback]

Joanne Miller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pennsylvania Handbook, 1st ed | Publication Date: May 1998

Joanne Miller introduces the reader to Penns ylvania''s rich history, its people and culture and geography in this information handbook that covers urban and rural ar eas of the Keystone State. '

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The latest in the batch of Moon Handbooks releases proves again that Moon is one of the finest travel series around. What sets Moon apart from most guidebooks is the attention to detail, and more importantly, a respect for the topic." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Joanne Miller has been on the road since she was a child, traveling with her father to photograph parks for National Geographic Magazine. Living in Pennsylvania, she was permanently smitten with the beauty and history of the Keystone State. Research took 3 years and put 10,000 miles on the odometer. Joanne is the author of Moon Handbooks Chesapeake Bay and Moon Handbooks Maryland & Delaware --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 419 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub (May 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566911109
• ISBN-13: 978-1566911108
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,269,865 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource, June 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Pennsylvania (1st Ed.) (Paperback)

We took the book with us to Pittsburgh and discovered all sorts of places we wouldn't have known about otherwise. Never steered us wrong.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing--Scatter-shot and Disorganized, November 8, 2008

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Lucy McKenna "Book Girl" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Handbooks Pennsylvania (Paperback)

The book's strengths seem to be the author's preoccupation with state parks, trails, and outdoor activities, to the exclusion of other sights, activities, and towns. Compared to other Moon Handbooks (a guide book series which I generally love), this one leaves out the detailed maps that normally distinguish this series, as well as town by town information. Two examples: try finding detailed info on Punxatawny--it's not there. You have to look on several different pages to piece together information on the town, instead of it being located all together under a single town listing. The same occurs with Indiana, PA--the quaintest town imaginable and all of it resembling a back lot for "It's a Wonderful Life"--but the only mention about the entire town is the Jimmy Stewart Museum...very odd, considering the town is home to a 15,000-student university and two National Historic Register buildings, well worth visiting in their own right.

The whole book feels scatter-shot, disorganized, and filled with gaps. It certainly doesn't live up to the standards of the Moon Handbook Series.

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a good handbook, September 12, 2010

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Lauren Sheldon "Romance Writer" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Handbooks Pennsylvania (Paperback)

I agree with the other review that said that a lot of information was missing. The author writes about every covered bridge in the state, but then misses some wonderful places, like the National Flood Memorial in St. Michael. And where are the maps? I used it because I bought it, but I kept thinking the whole time that I was missing a lot.