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Remembering Pittsburgh: an ''eyewitness'' history of the Steel City

By Len , Barcousky

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing Inc.;History Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781614232728, 1614232725
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
5 MB (5515192 bytes)
Series
American chronicles (Series)
Pages
(158 pages) : illustrations\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- History;Pennsylvania -

Description

The doomed Whiskey Rebellion, the Great Fire that destroyed a third of the city in 1845 and Lincoln's speech urging residents to shun talk of secession - all have made the pages of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and its predecessors. Since 1786, the paper has covered local events, and reporter Len Barcousky is a part of this long tradition. This collection of his "Eyewitness" columns draws on next-day stories to tell the history of the city, from President Coolidge's almost-silent visit in 1927 to a report on the first woman hanged in Allegheny County. Join Barcousky as he vividly recounts the compelling history of the Steel City.

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