num_pages: 312
description: Take a pub crawl through 12 Pennsylvania taverns with rebellious pasts where the stakes were high and the rum was flowing. Meet the scalawags and insurrectionists of the American Revolution Whiskey Rebellion the boozy Fries Rebellion the tumultuous Canal Era the Underground Railroad the Battle of Gettysburg (and the making of the movie!) the Molly Maguires and Prohibition.Savor the food and drink at these still-standing inns:City Tavern Philadelphia: Epicenter of revolt.General Warren Historic Hospitality Malvern: Espionage afoot.Blue Bell Inn Blue Bell: George Washington finds sanctuary.McCooles at the Historic Red Lion Inn Quakertown: Rumbling for tax relief.Tavern at the Sun Inn Bethlehem: Crossroads of the Revolution.Jean Bonnet Tavern Bedford: Hotbed of the Whiskey Rebellion.Black Bass Hotel Lumberville: Life and much death on the canal.Dobbin House Inn Gettysburg: Underground Railroad safe harbor.Farnsworth House Inn and Sweneys Tavern Gettysburg: Bullets and bravado.Wooden Keg Tavern St. Clair: The fighting Molly Maguires.Two Rivers Brewing Company Easton: Speakeasy on the Delaware.Horse Inn Lancaster: Knock three times and whisper low.Explore every nook cranny fireside hiding place secret door and gallows. With her inquisitive nature and cheeky humor author M. Diane McCormick uncovers the quirks and historical marvels that you wont find on the back of the menu.
language: English
title: Well-Behaved Taverns Seldom Make History: Pennsylvania Pubs Where Rabble-Rousers and Rum Runners Stirred Up Revolutions
publisher: Sunbury Press