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Bartlette, Virginia K. Keeping House: Women's Lives in Western Pennsylvania, 1790-1850. Pittsburgh, PA.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Growing up in coal country. Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. Bell, Thomas, 1903-1961. Out of this furnace. Pittsburgh, PA.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1961. Beyond Adversity: African-Americans' struggle for equality in Western Pennsylvania, 1750-1990. Pittsburgh, PA.: Museum Programs Division, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, c1993. Bishop, Patricia. Chicken and Biscuits: The story of a family in a Western Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Town. Clearfield, PA.: [s.n.], 1988. Dickerson, Dennis C. Out of the Crucible: Black Steelworkers in Western Pennsylvania, 1875-1980. State University of New York Press, 1986. Feldman, Jacob. The Jewish Experience in Western Pennsylvania: A History, 1755-1945. Pittsburgh, PA.: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1986. Heckewelder, John Gottlieb Ernestus, 1743-1823. Thirty-thousand miles with John Heckewelder, or, Travels amoung the Indians of Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio in the 18th Century. Lewisburg, PA.: Wennawoods Publishing, 1998. The Jewish Community Center of Pittsburgh: The first 100 Years: An historical narrative about the building of this "house" and the people who made it happen. Pittsburgh, PA.: The Center, 1995. Miner, Curtis. Homestead: The story of a steel town. Pittsburgh, PA.: Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1989. Morrison, Joan. American Mosaic: The immigrant experience in the words of those who lived it. Pittsburgh, PA.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993. Sanger, Martha Frick Symington. Henry Clay Frick: An intimate portrait. 1st ed. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, c1998. Syka, Andrew, 1920. Growing up in Woods Run, 1920-1939. Sunnyvale, CA.: A. Syka, c1999. Worley, Howard V. Pittsburgh's Vintage Firemen, 1790-1915. 1st ed. Saxonburg, PA.: HowDy Productions, 1997.
HeroesMike Fink (An Encarta Encyclopedia description) Mike Fink (An elementary school story) Roberto Clemente: Sports Heroes Some famous Pittsburghers (Some may be heroes and heroines) "Pittsburghers of the Century" - WQED Pittsburgh Magazine Father Cox of the Strip District Early Pioneer Life -Weddings on the Frontier - Frontier Dress Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh List of Pittsburgh Organizations The History of Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Public Libraries Researching hometown children and the depression Africans in America: Youth activity Guide NeighborhoodsPittsburgh Walking Tours. The Pittsburgh's Department of City Planning has put together walking tours of several areas of town, including Allegheny West, Mexican War Streets, Manchester, Fourth Avenue, Grant Street, Mellon Square, Monongehela Wharf, and Downtown Churches. Alle-Kiski Valley Local History from Native People, Frontier Forts, Pioneers, Indsutry, etc. Brookline History/Photo Gallery *Brookline Yesterday and Today History of Duquesne - Glassport - McKeesport - West Mifflin - Wilmerding, PA
Nationality Rooms, University of Pittsburgh Tamburitzans, Duquesne University Pittsburgh Folk Festival
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