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A Catholic New Deal: Religion & Reform in Depression Pittsburgh |
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B328 |
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$19.95 |
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 | In this book, Kenneth Heineman rethinks the religious roots of labor organizing and social reform in America during the 1930s. Focusing on Pittsburgh, the book demonstrates how Catholicism played a powerful part in the history of organized labor. In paperback, 287 pages. |
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A Museum of Early American Tools |
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B714 |
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$8.95 |
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 | By Eric Sloane, this illustrated book describes in detail scores of early American tools, and the wooden and metal artifacts they were used to create. The book covers building tools, farm and kitchen implements, and the tools of loggers, wheelwrights, coopers, blacksmiths, and many other craftsmen of the preindustrial age. In paperback. |
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A People's History of the United States |
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B811 |
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$18.95 |
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 | By Howard Zinn. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, this is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. The text is enriched with many quotations from people who lived the history, bringing the events to life for the modern reader. In paperback, 729 pages. |
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Andrew Carnegie |
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B59 |
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$26.95 |
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 | Historian David Nasaw brings to life the wonderful story of well- known philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie is the embodiment of the American dream--starting with rags and humble beginnings to become one of the most iconic business men of our day! Carnegie has remained, to this day, an enigma and a man of striking contradictions. |
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Blacksmithing Projects |
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B108 |
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$13.95 |
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 | By master craftsman Percy W. Blandford, this volume includes instructions and diagrams for 24 blacksmithing projects. Some are for novices, requiring only a few tools, improvised equipment, and a single propane torch; others call for the skill and equipment of an experienced smith. Projects include punches and chisels, a candlestick, door latches and bolts, garden tools, weather vanes, fences and railings, tables and more. In oversized paperback, 144 pages. |
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Digging For Treasure |
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B213 |
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$14.95 |
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 | By Jean Crichton, a native to Johnstown, PA. This short story takes readers back to a time when strict determination and talent allowed a person to become a successful entrepreneur. Andrew Crichton grew up in a coal mining family and through much hard work he studied and became a mining engineer. Following in his family’s footsteps, Andrew Crichton worked as a coal operator and ended up playing a primary role in developing the town of Portage. Read about his journey and discover how Portage came to be. Paperback, 85 pages. |
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Henry Clay Frick: An Intimate Portrait |
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B122 |
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$29.95 |
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 | By Martha Frick Symington Sanger, a great-grandaughter of Henry Clay Frick. Drawing on family memories and unpublished letters and diaries, Sanger creates a vivid biography of the steel tycoon. Illustrated with 390 pictures, including 200 in color. In hardback, 599 pages. |
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Historic Bridges of Pennsylvania |
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$7.95 |
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 | This fourth edition of William H. Shank's 1966 book includes chapters on Pennsylvania bridge builders of the 1800s, early turnpike bridges, canal bridges and aqueducts, early railroad bridges, and 20th-century bridges. The narrative is illustrated with many black-and-white photographs. In booklet format, 70 pages. |
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Images of America: Johnstown |
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B302 |
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$19.99 |
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 | By Lyndee Jobe Henderson and R. Dean Jobe, this photographic history of Johnstown features more than 200 images, many from the archives of the Johnstown Area Heritage Association. The book chronicles the American dream as Johnstown has experienced it: the faces of immigrants building a better life; the expansive Industrial Age, the 1889 flood and other disasters, and human bonds through love for family and nation. In paperback, 128 pages. |
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Images of America: Vintondale |
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B209 |
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$19.99 |
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 | This volume of photographs includes introductions to each chapter written by Vintondale native Denise Dusza Weber. Vintondale, which is located in Cambria County on the Ghost Town Trail, was a coal-mining town with a notorious reputation based on an anti-union legacy that lasted until the New Deal. Warren Delano, maternal uncle of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was the founder and owner of the company town. Through vintage photographs, this book traces the area's history from when the first coal was shipped in 1894 through the closing of the No. 6 mine in 1968. In paperback, 127 pages. |
