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Legendary Locals of Ambler
Frank D. Quattrone
出版
Arcadia Publishing
, 2015-06-15
主題
Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional
Travel / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
ISBN
1439651957
9781439651957
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V3z8CQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
One of the few towns in America named after a woman, Ambler derives its driving spirit of selflessness and community from the heroine of the Great Train Wreck of 1856. Mary Ambler, a humble Quaker mill owner who came to the aid of dozens of disaster victims, may have been the first of countless Ambler personalities who have devoted themselves to the greater good of the thriving little borough located just outside Philadelphia. Legendary Locals of Ambler celebrates the lives of the sung and unsung heroes--political and civil servants, businessmen and builders, restaurateurs and devotees of the arts, and founders of charitable institutions, such as Henry G. Keasbey and Richard V. Mattison, William E. Strasburg, George E. Saurman, "Bud" Wahl, Mattie Dixon, and Peggy Dolan--whose contributions have made a significant difference in the lives of so many.