Title
Book Review: Lancaster, Ohio, 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City, by David Contosta
Document Type
Review
Publication Date
Spring 2001
Department 1
History
Abstract
Community histories are numerous, but good ones are uncommon commodities. Lancaster, Ohio, which celebrated its bicentennial in 2000, is fortunate in its chronicler. A versatile scholar whose books include Suburb in the City (a history of Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia), Contosta writes here with a mixture of personal affection for his home town and scholarly insight about its past, present, and possible future. [excerpt]
Recommended Citation
Birkner, Michael J. "Book Review: Lancaster, Ohio, 1800-2000: Frontier Town to Edge City, by David Contosta." Pennsylvania History 68.2 (Spring 2001).