And the Wolf Finally Came

John Hoerr

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• - Choice 1988 Outstanding Academic Book - Named one of the Best Business Books of 1988 by USA Today A veteran reporter of American labor analyzes the ... Lees meer

The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company

James Howard Bridge

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• "For years I have been convinced that there is not an honest bone in your body. Now I know that you are a god-damned thief," Henry Clay Frick reported... Lees meer

Improbable Fiction

Jan Cohn

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• The mystery stories and other popular fiction of Mary Roberts Rinehart (1876-1958) brought her wealth and fame, but she was much more than a writer. S... Lees meer

Crisis in Bethlehem

John Strohmeyer

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• Crisis in Bethlehem: Big Steel's Struggle to Survive is Pulitzer Prize winner Strohmeyer's account of the collapse of Bethlehem Steel. As editor of th... Lees meer

Seeing Reds

Charles McCormick

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• During World War I, fear that a network of German spies was operating on American soil justified the rapid growth of federal intelligence agencies. Wh... Lees meer

Homestead Strike 1892

Arthur Burgoyne

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• In 1893, the Rawsthorne Engraving and Printing Company published journalist Arthur Burgoyne's complete history of the 1892 Homestead strike and the en... Lees meer

Council Fires on the Upper Ohio

Randolph Downes

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• Told from the viewpoint of the Indians, this account of Indian-white relations during the second half of the eighteenth century is an exciting additio... Lees meer

Before Renaissance

John Bauman, Edward Muller

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• Before Renaissance examines a half-century epoch during which planners, public officials, and civic leaders engaged in a dialogue about the meaning of... Lees meer

Homestead

Margaret Byington

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• Forward by Tom Waseleski First published in 1910 in the classic Pittsburgh Survey , this pioneering work of American social history, reproduced in its... Lees meer

A Gift of Belief

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• Traces Pittsburgh's philanthropic history, from industrial titans and wealthy families to working-class neighbours. Lees meer

Making the Frontier Man

Matthew C Ward

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• For western colonists in the early American backcountry, disputes often ended in bloodshed and death. Making the Frontier Man examines early life and ... Lees meer

The Puzzle People

Thomas Starzl

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• Given the tensions and demands of medicine, highly successful physicians and surgeons rarely achieve equal success as prose writers. It is truly extra... Lees meer

The Valley of Decision

Marcia Davenport

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• Originally published in 1942, The Valley of Decision was an instant success, and its story of four generations of the Scott family--owners and operato... Lees meer

Bound in the Bond of Life

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• On October 27, 2018, three congregations were holding their morning Shabbat services at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill neigh... Lees meer

Drums in the Forest

Alfred Proctor James, Charles Morse Stotz

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• Originally published to commemorate the bicentennial of Pittsburgh's founding, Drums in the Forest is reissued to mark the 250th anniversary of the Fr... Lees meer

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

Pioneer Life in Western Pennsylvania

Wright J E

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• A fascinating look at life during pioneer times in western Pennsylvania. Describes the hardship, danger and drudgery of day-to-day life on the frontie... Lees meer

Kaufmann's

Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman

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• In 1868, Jacob Kaufmann, the nineteen-year-old son of a German farmer, stepped off a ship onto the shores of New York. His brother Isaac soon followed... Lees meer

A Wise Extravagance

Kenneth Neal

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• Andrew Carnegie, industrialist and a major American philanthropist, sought to bring world-class art and culture to Pittsburgh. This book looks at how ... Lees meer

Death of the Daily News

Andrew Conte

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• The City of McKeesport in southwestern Pennsylvania once had a population of more than fifty thousand people and a newspaper that dated back to the ni... Lees meer

Out of This Furnace

Thomas Bell

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• Out of This Furnace is Thomas Bell's most compelling achievement. Its story of three generations of an immigrant Slovak family -- the Dobrejcaks -- st... Lees meer

The Shadow of the Mills

S J Kleinberg

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• The profound disruption of family relationships caused by industrialization found its most dramatic expression in the steel mills of Pittsburgh in the... Lees meer

Luke Swank

Howard Bossen

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• Luke Swank: Modernist Photographer reintroduces the work of an important artist who had been relegated to virtual anonymity after his untimely death i... Lees meer

Guns at the Forks

Walter O'Meara

• Paperback | Engels | Regional
• 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