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Pittsburgh : the story of a city

Author: Leland D Baldwin; Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey.; Buhl Foundation.; Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.; University of Pittsburgh.
Publisher: [Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1937.
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Additional Physical Format: Baldwin, Leland Dewitt, 1897-
Pittsburgh.
[Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1937
(OCoLC)181209215
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Baldwin, Leland Dewitt, 1897-
Pittsburgh.
[Pittsburgh] : University of Pittsburgh Press, 1937
(OCoLC)586074048
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Leland D Baldwin; Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey.; Buhl Foundation.; Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.; University of Pittsburgh.
OCLC Number: 479740
Notes: "This book is one of a series relating Western Pennsylvania history written under the direction of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey sponsored jointly by the Buhl Foundation, the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh."
Illustrated lining-papers.
Includes index.
Description: xiii, 387, [1] p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents: Virginia takes a hand in the west --
How are the mighty fallen! --
Robbers' roost --
The head of iron --
Britannia rules the Ohio --
Pioneer village in war and peace --
"Intestin Broyls" --
Revolt in the west --
Between revolts --
Tom the tinker comes to town --
The gateway to the west --
Genesis of an industrial empire --
Life under the poplars --
Clapboard democracy --
From turnpike to railroad --
Civic Pittsburgh, 1816-1860 --
"The Birmingham of America" --
The emergence of a metropolis --
Moral and cultural advancement --
High and low life --
National politics on a local scale --
Prelude to strife --
The sinews of war --
The forge of America --
Two generations of progress.
Responsibility: by Leland D. Baldwin ; illustrations by Ward Hunter.

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