Reviews for Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North, Pennsylvania (Images of America Series)

The average rating for Philadelphia's Broad Street: South and North, Pennsylvania (Images of America Series) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-06-02 00:00:00 Michael Entler It's exciting to read about the history about my hometown--and to see the accompanying photos--and understand the context of the buildings and the families I grew up with. However, it's a very basic understanding of Martinez's development. I was left wanting to know more about the Martinez and Muir families, about the native population, about the politics spanning from the 1800s to now.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-04-23 00:00:00 Janet Nourse Woodmere Cemetery isn't blessed with lots of permanent residents, but Gail Hershenzon's book does a wonderful job of bringing the place to life. She's specially skillful at summing up interesting residents in a paragraph, pointing out a number of fascinating monuments, and spinning some gruesome stories. My favorite is about Amelia Buck, buried in an unmarked grave. Her sister kept Amelia's body, convinced she could pray her back to life. She tried to feed her dead sister a little coffee each day and even propped her up in a chair on the porch to watch the Fourth of July parade. The reason this book doesn't get five stars is that Amelia Buck is said to have died July 27 -- several weeks after the Fourth of July. Probably the first date is a typo and should have said June 27, but it does call into question other facts and figures in the book.