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Jonathan Burdick

Erie
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Jonathan Burdick’s Biography

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History teacher. Writer.

Jonathan Burdick’s Journalist Portfolio

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Canada Lee's Knockout Path from Erie to Broadway

Canada Lee's Knockout Path from Erie to Broadway

From welterweight warrior to theater legend

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80 Years Since World War II: From Hitler's Rise to Hiroshima's End

80 Years Since World War II: From Hitler's Rise to Hiroshima's End

Psychology behind the atrocities continues to fascinate

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Piracy on the Baseball Seas

Piracy on the Baseball Seas

How an Erie ballplayer became the inspiration for the Pittsburgh Pirates team name

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Henry Alden Clark: Erie's Intellectual of the Highest Order

Henry Alden Clark: Erie's Intellectual of the Highest Order

A local life lived in service from the Civil War to the Second World War

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The Power of Nature: 40 Year Anniversary of Albion Storms

The Power of Nature: 40 Year Anniversary of Albion Storms

The deadliest tornado outbreak in Pennsylvania history

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Make a Run for the Border: Erie's Evolving Taco Scene

Make a Run for the Border: Erie's Evolving Taco Scene

There's a taco for everyone in the Gem City

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Articles

Pittsburgh was briefly a basketball town. Could it happen again?

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By Jonathan Burdick
| NewsBreak
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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The ABA's Pipers, later Condors, make a mixed case for Pittsburgh as a basketball town

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By Jonathan Burdick
| Pittsburgh City Paper Verified
Connie Hawkins had a choice to make. He’d been kicked out of college, shut out of the NBA, joined a failed startup league, and after four years on the road with the Harlem Globetrotters, he’d hung up those shoes too. It was 1967 and, now in his mid-20s, he also had a family to feed. Maybe this opportunity with the Pittsburgh Pipers would provide short-term stability, if nothing else. Besides, Hawkins had absolutely no clue what else he could even do.
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The Benninghoff Heist: The Wild West of Pennsylvania

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By Jonathan Burdick
| Erie Reader Verified
The history of Pennsylvania's Oil Region is as enthralling as it is deeply layered. Locations such as Titusville, Oil City, and Pithole along with people such as Edwin Drake, Coal Oil Johnny, and Ben Hogan have been immortalized into the region's historical canon. It's a history brimming with quirky characters, intense rivalries, and a perpetual conflict between order and chaos that rivaled western counterparts like Deadwood and Dodge City.
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Awards

Hagen History Center Media Award

2020 - Media Award
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