Albert Gallatin

Raymond Walters

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• Raymond Walters, Jr. presents the definitive biography of Albert Gallatin (1761-1849), recounting sixty years that the Swiss-born diplomat served his ... Lees meer

Front-Page Pittsburgh

Clarke Thomas

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• The first issue of the Pittsburgh Gazette was published on Saturday, August 12, 1786. Nearly 220 years later, it lives on as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazet... Lees meer

Palace of Culture

Robert Gangewere

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• Andrew Carnegie is remembered as one of the worldÆs great philanthropists. As a boy, he witnessed the benevolence of a businessman who lent his person... Lees meer

Allegheny City

Daniel Rooney, Carol Peterson

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• Allegheny City, known today as Pittsburgh's North Side, was the third-largest city in Pennsylvania when it was controversially annexed by the City of ... Lees meer

A Gift of Belief

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• Philanthropy has long been associated with images of industrial titans and wealthy families. In Pittsburgh, long a center for industry, the shadows of... Lees meer

Chatham Village

Angelique Bamberg

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• Chatham Village, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, is an urban oasis that combines Georgian colonial revival architecture with generous greenspaces,... Lees meer

Crossroads

John Harpster

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• Crossroads is a collection of thirty-seven colorful and perceptive writings left by early travelers and settlers who ventured west of the Allegheny Mo... Lees meer

Brownsville to Braddock

Ron Donoughe

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• Foreword by Maxwell King Afterword by Ron Baraff The Monongahela River Valley in Southwestern Pennsylvania is steeped with a rich industrial history. ... Lees meer

The Milkweed Ladies

Louise McNeill

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• The Milkweed Ladies is written out of deep affection for and intimate knowledge of the lives of rural people and the rhythms of the natural world. It ... Lees meer

Race and Renaissance

Joe William Trotter Jr, Jared Day

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• African Americans from Pittsburgh have a long and distinctive history of contributions to the cultural, political, and social evolution of the United ... Lees meer

Guns at the Forks

Walter O'Meara

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• Guns at the Forks is a special reissue commemorating the 250th anniversary of the French and Indian War. In a spirited, intelligent, and informative h... Lees meer

Biking Through History on the Great Allegheny Passage Trail

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• Photographs by Paul g Wiegman The Great Allegheny Passage Trail is a world class biking, hiking, and recreational gateway that stretches nearly 150 mi... Lees meer

More Than Moonshine

Sidney Saylor Farr

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• Sidney Saylor Farr was a woman who knew Appalachia well. Born in Stoney Fork in southeastern Kentucky, she lived much of her life close to the mountai... Lees meer

Knowing and Seeing

Douglas Cooper

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• In Knowing and Seeing , muralist Douglas Cooper reflects on his long career as a muralist in various cities around the world. Part memoir and part an ... Lees meer

Pittsburgh

Leland Baldwin

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• The standard history of Pittsburgh tells the city\u2019s story from its violent days as an eighteenth-century outpost of empire to the onset of its gr... Lees meer

Thunder In the Mountains

Lon Savage

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• The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involv... Lees meer

Appalachian Winter

Marcia Bonta

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• Winter is the season that most tests our mettle. There are the obvious challenges of the weather-freezing rain, wind chill, deep snow, dangerous ice-b... Lees meer

Fields of Play

Robert T Hayashi

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• Americans love sports, from neighborhood pickup basketball to the National Football League, and everything in between. While no city better demonstrat... Lees meer

Seeking the Greatest Good

Char Miller

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• President John F. Kennedy officially dedicated the Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies on September 24, 1963 to further the legacy and activism... Lees meer

The Glass House Boys of Pittsburgh

James Flannery

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• At the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh was leading the nation in glass production, and glass bottle plants in particular relied heavily on a... Lees meer

The Battle For Homestead, 1880-1892

Paul Krause

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• Named one of the fifty best books of 1992 by Publishers Weekly More than a century has passed since the infamous lockout at the Homestead Works of the... Lees meer

Breaking the Backcountry

Matthew C Ward

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• Even as the 250th anniversary of its outbreak approaches, the Seven Years' War (otherwise known as the French and Indian War) is still not wholly unde... Lees meer

George Mercer Papers

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• George Mercer was a lieutenant and later captain of the First Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War, and a land surveyor. He served as ag... Lees meer

The Spectator and the Topographical City

Martin Aurand

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• The Spectator and the Topographical City examines Pittsburgh's built environment as it relates to the city's unique topography. Martin Aurand explores... Lees meer