New Book Uses Vintage Images to Honor Notable Locals of Pottstown

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Oct. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Legendary Locals series is Legendary Locals of Pottstown from local authors Sue Repko and Ed Berger. The book is set to release on October 14, 2013 and boasts more than 200 vintage images of the people that make Pottstown legendary.

From its founding by Colonial ironworker John Potts through its heyday as a manufacturing hub in the 20th century, Pottstown has been defined by entrepreneurs, inventors and hard-working immigrants with dreams of a better life. It has been home to a variety of churches, community organizations and businesses that have sustained and entertained residents and visitors for more than 260 years. It has also produced its fair share of musicians, doctors, nurses and professional athletes, like Dick Ricketts, the first pick in the 1955 NBA draft. Pottstown is a culinary capital in its own right as the place where Amanda Smith started Mrs. Smith’s pies and where Dan Brunish sells his famous sausage sandwiches out of the deli started by his grandparents in 1937.

Today, with the vision of people like Marta Kiesling and Deborah Stimson-Snow, cofounders of Steel River Playhouse and Dr. Karen Stout, president of Montgomery County Community College, Pottstown is reinventing itself as a center for art, technology, higher education and recreation on the Schuylkill River in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Legendary Locals of Pottstown shares the stories of the individuals who have shaped Pottstown’s history. By showcasing vintage images of the people and places that make Pottstown notable, the book sheds light on the legends from the past and the residents that are impacting the area’s future.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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