TY - SER KW - immigrants KW - Irish Americans KW - Pittsburgh Pirates KW - Jones and Laughlin Steel Company KW - steel industry KW - Jewish Americans AU - Marc Simon AB - On February 29, 1908, Alex Miller was born miraculously—just two pounds yet fully developed and healthy—to a working-class Jewish family on Mellon Street in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. This light fantasy novel covers six years of Alex’s freakish early life. C1 - 1908-13 C3 - Allegheny County; Monongahela River; Pittsburgh; Highland Park; East Liberty; Oakland; Forbes Field; Mt. Washington C4 - Historical; Fantasy CY - Aloha, OR LA - English M3 - Novel N2 - On February 29, 1908, Alex Miller was born miraculously—just two pounds yet fully developed and healthy—to a working-class Jewish family on Mellon Street in Pittsburgh's East Liberty neighborhood. This light fantasy novel covers six years of Alex’s freakish early life. PB - Untreed Reads PP - Aloha, OR PY - 2012 RN - Marc Simon (1947- ), a Pittsburgh native, lives in Naples, Florida. EP - 259 p. TI - Leap Year Boy ER -