Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh

Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh
Author: Thomas White
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2010-11-09
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1614235406

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Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events. Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark's inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla. A 1907 lion attack at Luna Park, death by spontaneous combustion, Jack the Ripper's rumored visit to the city and an umpire who was rescued from an angry crowd by Pirates players are all part of the forgotten history of the Steel City.


Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh
Language: en
Pages: 108
Authors: Thomas White
Categories: Photography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-11-09 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh h
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Language: en
Pages: 115
Authors: Thomas White
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-01 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Forgotten Tales of Philadelphia
Language: en
Pages: 99
Authors: Thomas White
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-30 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
Language: en
Pages: 138
Authors: Ed Simon
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-05-04 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Legends & Lore of Western Pennsylvania
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Thomas White
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-01 - Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

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Thomas White spins a beguiling yarn with tales that reach from the misty hollows of the Alleghenies to the lost islands of Pittsburgh. Oppaymolleah's Curse. Gen