Writing Pennsylvania History—A "Labor of True Enjoyment": An Interview with Ken and Bob Wolensky

Abstract

It is impossible to research the history of Pennsylvania — particularly its labor, industrial, and political history, and especially its Northeast history — without coming across seminal works by historians Ken and Bob Wolensky, two brothers for whom history has been a life-long labor of love. Here Ken and Bob offer their responses to questions posed by the editors of Pennsylvania History about their own interests, the uses of oral history, Northeast Pennsylvania (NEPA), and the future of the discipline.