Moon Handbooks Pennsylvania

Moon Handbooks

by Joanne Orion Miller

From the urban hubs of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and excursions through historic war battlefields to hiking through scenic river towns, Moon Handbooks Pennsylvania is the guide to the best the Keystone State has to offer, both on and off the beaten path. Practical information includes suggested travel strategies and lists of must-see sights, plus essentials on dining, transportation, and accommodations for a range of budgets. Complete with details for casual walks and driving tours in Lake Erie, the Poconos, Gettysburg, and Amish Country, Moon Handbooks Pennsylvania gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

500 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Joanne's first memory of traveling was watching the desert roll by as she pulled herself up to the window of her dad's Oldsmobile. It's no surprise that six of her books are about U.S. travel and history. Mom finally put her foot down and the family settled into a suburb of San Francisco, leading to another great love: the city by the bay. Childhood was spent listening (quietly, to stay under her brother's "MOM! radar") to the Fairmont Hotel's jazz broadcast ("Home of the Tonga Room!") when she was supposed to be asleep.
These influences, along with an unnerving fascination with dead people who historically lived large outside the norm (Bach, Van Gogh, Coco Chanel to name a few) led to finding Miss Tess Wall, the notorious San Francisco madame who inspired her first novel Shaketown: The Madam's Daughter.
Joanne continues to travel and write about it; her blog 1Woman1World1Year covers her travels around the world and locally. No sequel to Shaketown is in the works, but a "rural romance", Harvest is almost complete, as is a psychological thriller, Power Lessons that asks the question, "What would you do to forget the worst thing that ever happened to you? How about the worst thing you've ever done?"

Reviews

[Jobiska (Cindy)]

Mine's the first edition...dense with info, perhaps harder to find something quickly but still worth keeping.