Cauldron of Steel

Year of Publication
2012
Publication Type
Playscript
Number of Pages or Episodes
183 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Word Association Publishers
City
Tarentum, PA
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Abstract
Chronicles the founding of Vandergrift, Westmoreland County and the lives of Italian immigrant families there, the Cerasos and the Colecchis, through World War I.
Notes
The play opened at the Freeport Theatre Festival in Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County in July 2009.
Author Biography
Playwright John Rennick Steele (1948- ) graduated from Ohio State University and UCLA. He claims ancestry with Cherokee leader Nancy War and James Steel, a Revolutionary soldier and county ranger of Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland County. In 1989, he and his wife Marushka established the Freeport Theatre Festival in Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County.
Time
1890s-1920s
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