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ResetBook Reviews: Winter 2016-17
Abandoned Pittsburgh 1: Portraits of the Steel City’s Forgotten Past By Chuck Beard Beowulf’s Books, 2013/Second edition 2015 Color and B&W photographs Paperback, $30 “Abandoned Pittsburgh 1” is part of…
Book Reviews: Fall 2016
Pennsylvania: A Photographic Journey Photography by Richard Nowitz Farcountry Press, 2015 80 pp., 113 color photographs Paperback, $12.95 The crisp fall photo of the Allegheny Mountains on the cover of…
Book Reviews: Summer 2016
The Pittsburgh Anthology Edited by Eric Boyd Belt Publishing, 2015 236 pp., b&w and color photos Paperback, $20 Made up of essays, poems, short stories, and visual and graphic artwork…
Book Reviews: Spring 2016
The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas By Laini Giles Sepia Stories Publishing, 2015 412 pp. Paperback, $15.99 Laini Giles’ “The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas” is…
Book Reviews: Winter 2015-16
Pittsburgh Irish: Erin on the Three Rivers By Gerard F. O’Neil The History Press, 2015 160 pp., b&w photos Paperback, $21.99 Those interested in a survey of Irish influence in…
Book Reviews: Fall 2015
The Soldier in the Attic By Carolyn Wilson Word Association Publishers, Tarentum, 2015 123 pages, 8 drawings, 1 map, bibliography $16.95 paperback A packet of letters in her late father’s…
Book Reviews: Summer 2015
Pittsburgh’s Mansions By Melanie Linn Gutowski Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2013 128 pp., B&W photographs $21.99 paperback Have you ever gazed upon a beautiful Pittsburgh home and wondered who could ever…
Book Reviews: Spring 2015
The C&O Canal Companion: A Journey through Potomac History, second edition By Mike High Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015 416 pp., 58 b&w halftones, 10 line drawings, 28 maps $24.95…
Book Reviews: Winter 2014-15
The Fort Pitt Block House By Emily M. Weaver Charleston: The History Press, 2013 160 pps., b&w photo illustrations $19.99 paperback The oldest structure in Pittsburgh, The Fort Pitt Block…
Book Reviews: Fall 2014
At Home With History: What Did I Do With My Life? By Agnes Dodds Kinard Pittsburgh: Geyer Printing Co., 2013 501 pps., photo illustrations, memory album pull-out $100.00 spiral bound…