Many Americans recall Grit with nostalgia. For more than 125 years, this popular Sunday newspaper delivered homespun good news, features, fiction, coupons, and comics to families across the nation. Nearly one million children have sold it, some for a few weeks, and some for several years. They often look back with pride on the experience when, as young entrepreneurs, they knocked on the doors of small-town homes and were welcomed with a smile and a dime for a weekly edition of Grit: America’s Greatest Family Newspaper.
This new book by author Robin Van Auken features never-before-seen photographs from Grit's archives as well as stories of local significance and history. A national timeline of stories that Grit reported on also are included. Now a bi-monthly, full-color glossy magazine that targets Rural American audiences, Grit remains a national treasure.
178 illustrations
136 pages || 8 1/2 x 11
ISBN 0-9778317-3-6
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Williamsport Sun-Gazette
252 W. Fourth Street,
Williamsport,PA 17701
Phone 570-326-1551
In honor of the City of Williamsport's Bicentennial, the Williamsport Sun-Gazette contracted with author Robin Van Auken to produce a three-volume pictorial history. Most of the images within this series have never been published in book form. Primary resources for the series are the historic Grit, Williamsport Sun, Gazette and Bulletin and the Williamsport Sun-Gazette archives.
This volume is the first of three that traces in narrative and picture form the transformation of Ross' Town into the City of Williamsport. It explores the development in thirteen categories from 1806 to 1916. The text welcomes outsiders to this rich history even as the pictures evoke memories in those who have walked the streets and lived in this special place.
215 illustrations
136 pages || 8 1/2 x 11
ISBN 0-9778317-0-1
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
252 W. Fourth Street,
Williamsport,PA 17701
Phone 570-326-1551
During the 38-year period covered in this second volume of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s Bicentennial Pictorial History 1917-1955, the community and its people lived through two world wars, the Great Depression and two major floods. The city survived and became a better place to live and work. More than a half century has past since the last photo in this volume was taken, probably by a press camera, the long gone famous workhorse of photojournalism. So, it really is not likely a “Remember When” for most readers. It is almost “news” or a remembrance of stories told by their elders.
The authors have researched the highlights of what happened here between 1917 and 1955, recording the industrial, commercial, educational and governmental growth of the city and the lives of its citizens.
215 illustrations
136 pages || 8 1/2 x 11
ISBN 0-9778317-0-X
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
252 W. Fourth Street,
Williamsport,PA 17701
Phone 570-326-1551
This is the final volume of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s Bicentennial Pictorial History 1956-2006. Most of its readers will have lived and worked through the years depicted in it, and, although it relates to the people of this era, it will tell a story for years to come.
It is a difficult task to shuffle through thousands of photographs, searching not only for significant historic moments, but also to find images that represent a community's past. It's also a joyous task, following a trail left by talented photographers and journalists documenting their hometown.
This Bicentennial series is not meant to be a comprehensive history of Williamsport, rather a portal to its many triumphs and tragedies, its heart and soul.
215 illustrations
136 pages || 8 1/2 x 11
ISBN 0-9778317-2-8
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
252 W. Fourth Street,
Williamsport,PA 17701
Phone 570-326-1551
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