An Alternative History of Pittsburgh by Simon, Ed

An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of...
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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh by Simon, Ed

An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

$29.07

An Alternative History of Pittsburgh

$29.07
Author: Ed Simon
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Ed Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories--the LA Review of Books calls it an epic, atomic history of the Steel City.

The land surrounding the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers has supported communities of humans for millennia. Over the past four centuries, however, it has been transformed countless times by the many people who call it home. In this brief, lyrical, and idiosyncratic collection, Ed Simon, a staff writer at The Millions, follows the story of America's furnace through a series of interconnected segments, covering all manner of Pittsburgh-beloved people, places, and things, including:

- Paleolithic Pittsburgh

- The Whiskey Rebellion

- The attempted assassination of Henry Frick

- The Harmonists

- The Mystery, Pittsburgh's radical, Black nationalist newspaper

- The myth of Joe Magarac

- Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Andy Warhol, and much, much more.

Accessible and funny, An Alternative History of Pittsburgh is a must-read for anyone curious about this storied city, and for Pittsburghers who think they know it all too well already.



Author: Ed Simon
Publisher: Belt Publishing
Published: 04/20/2021
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.20h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781948742924


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/01/2021

About the Author

Ed Simon is a staff writer at The Millions and a contributing editor for History News Network. He is the author of several books, most recently Printed in Utopia: The Renaissance's Radicalism. His essays have appeared in The Atlantic, The Paris Review Daily, The Washington Post, Newsweek, Poetry, McSweeney's, Aeon, Jacobin, Salon, The New Republic and The New York Times among dozens of others. A native of Pittsburgh, he currently lives in northern Virginia.


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