Remembering Pittsburgh: An "Eyewitness" History of the Steel City

By Len Barcousky and David M. Shribman

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The History Press
• Release date: Jul 16, 2010
• ISBN: 9781614232728

Len Barcousky

Until his retirement in 2015, Len Barcousky had been a longtime editor and reporter at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the oldest newspaper west of the Allegheny Mountains. He covered the city's history in his "Eyewitness" columns, and he received his BA from Penn State and MBA from Columbia University.

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