A Sampling



"The Giant in the Forest"
The making of a mud sculpture

"When Fido Has to Fly"
Flying pets overseas without putting them into quarantine

"An American Driver on British Roads"
A tale of road blocks and roundabouts

“Home Sweet Catalogue Home”
Build your own dream home in just 90 days!

“Max Hess, Jr. Puts Allentown, PA on the Map”
Glitz and glamour in a Pennsylvania town

“Schools of Thought: How a St. Louis Architect Revolutionized American Public Schools”
Thinking outside the box

“Dodging Bullets”
Civil War stories
(for kids 8-12)

“Flood Alert!” & "Flood Busters"
Don't mess with "Mother Nature"
(for kids 8-12)

The Great American Medicine Show
An illustrated history of American health reformers

The Breakfast Book
Morning munchies in 1970s-era California

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Max Hess Puts Allentown on the Map,"
Pennsylvania Heritage
(Fall 2004)

"When the food editor of The Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania, challenged her readers to bake a strawberry pie as scrumptious as the popular dessert once served at Hess’s department store, she found more than a flood of recipes in her inbox."

--from “Max Hess Puts Allentown, PA on the Map”
by Elizabeth Armstrong Hall
© 2004 by Elizabeth Armstrong Hall.


Hess's was more than a department store. Its story reveals a slice of American life when a trip downtown was a big event. (Courtesy, Lehigh County Historical Society Hess Collection)
Pennsylvania Heritage (Fall 2004) (c) 2004 by Pennsylvania Heritage