Fully illustrated chronicle enlivened with colorful anecdotes of the engaging people and events in the history of Greater Harrisburg. Book was written by Prof. Michael Barton, who received his doctorate in American Civilization at the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 and has been a faculty member in the American Studies program at the Harrisburg campus of Penn State University for almost four decades. His teaching and research cover three areas--the values and experiences of Civil War soldiers, the American national character, and the history of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.