{ "item_title" : "Papers Read Before The Lancaster County Historical Society February 3, 1911", "item_author" : [" Unknown "], "item_description" : "Step inside the workshop of history and watch the past being shaped. History speaks from the source. Issued as Volume XV, No. 2 of the Lancaster County Historical Society, Papers Read Before the Lancaster County Historical Society, February 3, 1911: History Herself, As Seen in Her Own Workshop captures a 1911 gathering in early 1900s Pennsylvania, when local scholars met to examine their craft and community. Part local history journal volume, part reflection on how evidence is handled, it offers a glimpse of early 20th century America thinking about its records. These historical society papers illuminate Lancaster County history and the practice of history itself, including a thoughtful historical research methods essay that reveals how American history primary sources were collected, questioned and preserved for posterity. For readers engaged in American regional history studies, and for anyone building a US local history collection, the volume serves as a reference for local historians and a resource for genealogists tracing families through townships, congregations and civic institutions. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. As part of a historical society publications series, this instalment invites general readers and classic-literature collectors to listen in on a bygone conversation about how local memory is made. Prepared for readers and collectors alike, it deserves a place beside landmarks of Lancaster County history and the broader story of early 20th century America.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/35/444/881/935444881X_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "17.88", "online_price" : "17.88", "our_price" : "17.88", "club_price" : "17.88", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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