@book{521, keywords = {Pennsylvania Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Railroad Strike of 1877, railroad industry, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), labor strikes, immigrants, trade unions, Irish Americans, cotton industry, iron industry, steel industry, police, coal industry}, author = {Jill Gregory}, title = {Looking Glass Years}, abstract = {“Boone Walker, son of a poor Kentucky farmer, moves to Pittsburgh, where he begins to make his fortune in steel,” says Publishers Weekly. “Elly Forrest escapes the poverty of a [Western] Pennsylvania mining town to start a new life in Chicago.” The two cross paths and fall in love.}, year = {1987}, pages = {425 p.}, publisher = {Jove Books}, address = {New York}, note = {North Side is referred to as Allegheny City, as it was then known.}, language = {English}, }