The Oakland Quartet
()
About this ebook
Abby Mendelson
Versatile, award-winning writer Abby Mendelson is the author of three novels, Paradise Boys, Scotch and Oranges, and The Oakland Quartet, and two short-story collections, Ghost Dancer and End of the Road. His most recent book, Spirit to Spirit: A Portrait of Pittsburgh Jazz in the New Century, chronicles Pittsburgh’s rich jazz life. In addition, he wrote the number-one bestselling The Pittsburgh Steelers Official History, in a fourth, revised edition; The Pittsburgh Steelers: Yesterday and Today; and The Steelers Experience. Also about Pittsburgh are his Arena: Remembering the Igloo; Pittsburgh: A Place in Time, about Pittsburgh neighborhoods, in a second, revised edition; Pittsburgh Prays: Thirty-Six Houses of Worship; Voices from the Hill: A Celebration of Hill House; Reckoning with Rainbows: The History of The Pressley Ridge Schools; and A Century of Caring: The History of Holy Family Institute. For Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred, the official 250th Pittsburgh anniversary book, he contributed more than 200 profiles of notable Pittsburghers. As an editor, he has handled a variety of complex projects, including various histories and biographies, Countdown to Renaissance II, the first study of the 1970s Pittsburgh urban revitalization, and Wilderness Within, Wilderness Without, about the lives of troubled teens in a treatment center. Having written countless newspaper and magazine articles on a wide variety of subjects, he also authored by-lines pieces for Pittsburgh: Fulfilling Its Destiny, Pittsburgh Characters, and The Power of Pittsburgh. As part of a 50-year pedagogic career, he teaches literature and writing at Chatham University, Point Park University, and the University of Pittsburgh Osher Program. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and lives in Pittsburgh with his wife Judy.
Related to The Oakland Quartet
Related ebooks
A Season in the Sun Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Boy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSome Were Giants Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoody Riley: You Know... You Wouldn't Know. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMe: Frankie Sidebottom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKicker Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsI Only Roast the Ones I Love: Busting Balls Without Burning Bridges Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Road to Lisbon: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlanet of the Umps: A Baseball Life from Behind the Plate Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Out: A Schoolboy's Tale Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Whistling on the Stair Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStealing First and Other Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe All Hear Voices: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psycho 100: Baseball's Most Outrageous Moments Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Struts & Frets Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chasing Tiger Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Beyond the Game: The Collected Sportswriting of Gary Smith Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Baseball the Wright Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNice Guys Finish Last Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Ru(i)n a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Eyes of the Killer Robot Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost 10 Point Night: Searching for My Hockey Hero . . . Jim Harrison Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhen the Pavilion Had a Moustache Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSouth Park FAQ: All That's Left to Know About The Who, What, Where, When of America's Favorite Mountain Town Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unpardonable Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Die-Hard Fan's Guide to Sooner Football Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAn East End Life: My Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHeart of the Game: Life, Death, and Mercy in Minor League America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
General Fiction For You
The King James Version of the Bible Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Outsider: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Pi: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unhoneymooners Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It Ends with Us: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fellowship Of The Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beartown: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Priory of the Orange Tree Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Meditations: Complete and Unabridged Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nettle & Bone Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Terminal List: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Good and Evil Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Black Girl: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heroes: The Greek Myths Reimagined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silmarillion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Jackal, Jackal: Tales of the Dark and Fantastic Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Shantaram: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Man Called Ove: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Dry: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for The Oakland Quartet
0 ratings0 reviews