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

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"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.

Product Description

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. '

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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: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,315,172 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	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.

6 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars In praise of....., May 11, 2001

By	"[e-mail]" (Signal Mtn., Tn. USA) - See all my reviews

I no longer travel without a Moon Handbook.