TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - German Americans
KW - ministers
KW - detectives
KW - Irish Americans
KW - Mexican-American War
KW - U. S. Army
KW - Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)
KW - Samuel W. Black (1816-62)
KW - constables
KW - police
KW - steamboats
KW - Protestants
AU - Gary Link
AB - Sequel to <em>The Burnt District</em> (2003). Soldiers flood the city in 1846 on their way to the Mexican-American War. When dead bodies appear in the streets, Pittsburgh constable John Parker suspects soldiers rather than local criminals.
C1 - 1846
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Grant’s Hill; Market Square; Diamond Market; Lawrenceville; Allegheny Arsenal; Mt. Washington; North Side
C4 - Mystery; Historical
CY - Baltimore
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Mt. Washington is Coal Hill; North Side is Allegheny City.
N2 - Sequel to <em>The Burnt District</em> (2003). Soldiers flood the city in 1846 on their way to the Mexican-American War. When dead bodies appear in the streets, Pittsburgh constable John Parker suspects soldiers rather than local criminals.
PB - PublishAmerica
PP - Baltimore
PY - 2006
RN - Gary Link (1962— ), formerly a records manager for Allegheny County, worked with old documents which inspired a fascination with Pittsburgh's little known 1840s history. He lives in Freeport, Armstrong County on the Allegheny River.
EP - 185 p.
TI - The Spectrum
ER -