Mrs. Beautiful
Year of Publication |
1985
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Publication Type |
Novel
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
239 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Lester Goran |
Publisher |
New Horizon Press
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City |
Far Hills, NJ
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Abstract |
Roxanne, a tough West Virginia gal, comes north to boomtown Pittsburgh and quickly gets involved with local characters like Diamond Jim Brady, Lillian Russell, William Trautmann and with the infamous Pressed Car Steel Strike in McKees Rocks.
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Notes |
Union Station is referred to as Penn Station, as it is commonly known.
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Author Biography |
Lester Goran (1928-2014), born and raised in a housing project in Pittsburgh's Hill District, was a novelist and professor of English at the University of Miami. He attended Pittsburgh's Fifth Avenue High School and Schenley High School and he earned a BA and MA in English at the University of Pittsburgh. For more than 50 years he wrote fiction set in Pittsburgh. He lived in Miami, Florida.
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Time |
1909
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