Authors:Lisa A. Alzo, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh,
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, immigrants, pittsburgh
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-05-22
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0738545058
ISBN-13: 9780738545059

Since the mid-1700s, Pittsburgh has welcomed generations of immigrants. This region in southwestern Pennsylvania was once a magnet for European immigrants who carved out livings in steel, iron, glass, and other factories along its famous three rivers. Those immigrants built the city’s ethnic neighborhoods: the Irish North Side, the Polish South Side, the Italian Bloomfield, as well as other immigrant enclaves in smaller cities and towns in the surrounding areas. The diversity of Pittsburgh’s neighborhoods symbolizes a city truly rich in history and culture. Many notable Pittsburghers in bu

Authors:Jamie Cruttenden, Tim Williams, Adam Burns, James Bal
Publisher: College Prowler
Keywords: prowler, college, record, pittsburgh, university
Number of Pages: 164
Published: 2005-10-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1596581743
ISBN-13: 9781596581746

For honest, unbiased information, College Prowler delivers an inside look at college, straight from the students’ mouths. Complete with hundreds of quotes, grades, stats, and reviews, each student-written guide offers a comprehensive collection of information on one particular school. See how students rate their campus when it’s time to look beyond the brochures and talk about key issues that really matter.

Author: Walter C. Kidney
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Keywords: amp, pittsburgh
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2004-04-05
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1592231411
ISBN-13: 9781592231416

Author: Ed Bouchette
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Keywords: steelers, pittsburgh
Number of Pages: 114
Published: 1994-08-15
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0312113250
ISBN-13: 9780312113254

Pittsburgh sportswriter, Ed Bouchette, has compiled hundreds of trivia questions, crossword puzzles, lists, nicknames, anecdotes, and photos that cover the entire history of the Steelers.

Author: Michael Chabon
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: novel, pittsburgh, mysteries
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-07-01
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0060790598
ISBN-13: 9780060790592

By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & ClayThis P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Author: Jim Wexell
Publisher: Sports Publishing
Keywords: steel, men, steelers, pittsburgh
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2006-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1582619964
ISBN-13: 9781582619965

Did you know that one former star for the Pittsburgh Steelers went on to lower the driving age to 16 as a member of his stateÂ’s legislature? Or that one former Steeler now leads the St. PatrickÂ’s Day Parade every year in Chicago? Or that another owned a casino in Reno? And thatÂ’s just the players from the dark ages of the SteelersÂ’ organization. Where have guys like Ted Marchibroda, Roy Jefferson, Frenchy Fuqua, Jack Lambert, and Dermontti Dawson gone? What about Levon Kirkland, Kevin Greene, Carnell Lake, Bubby Brister, Bruce Van Dyke, and Frank Lewis? The answers are inside.

Author: Lisa A. Alzo
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Keywords: america, images, pittsburgh, slovak
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2006-11-30
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0738549088
ISBN-13: 9780738549088

No other city in the United States is home to more Slovaks than Pittsburgh. It is estimated that close to 100,000 Slovak immigrants came to the area in the 1890s looking for work and the chance for a better life. The hills and valleys of this new land reminded newcomers of the farms, forests, and mountains they left behind. They lived in neighborhoods close to their work, forming numerous cluster communities in such places as Braddock, Duquesne, Homestead, Munhall, the North Side, Rankin, and Swissvale. Once settled, Slovak immigrants founded their own churches, schools, fraternal benefit soci