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1979

Thom, James Alexander. Long Knife. New York: Avon Books, 1979.
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1960

Felton, Harold W. Mike Fink: Best of the Keelboatmen. Being a Revealing and Trustworthy Account of Events in the Life of the RENOWNED RIVERMAN, Indian Scout, and Relentless Enemy of Divers and Sundry Outlaws, Containing Facts, Anecdotes, History, Legend, and Folklore of the UNIQUE AND JUSTLY FAMED HERO Including His Experience in His Inimitable Craft, the Lightfoot, Taken from Ancient, Original Resources. Illustrated by Aldren A. Watson. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1960.
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1950

Van Every, Dale. Bridal Journey. New York: Julian Messner, Inc, 1950.
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  • Great Depression, The
  • Great Fire of Pittsburgh of 1845
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  • Harry Kendall Thaw (1871-1947)
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  • high school reunions
  • high schools
  • high school students
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  • high school yearbooks
  • hijackers
  • Hildegarde Mutschler (1806-45)
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  • hit-and-run drivers
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  • home schooling
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  • Homestead Steel Strike of 1892
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  • human oddities shows
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  • Jacob Dibert (1822-64)
  • Jacobite rising of 1745
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  • jailbreaks
  • jail wardens
  • James Craik (c. 1727-1814)
  • James Girty (1743-1817)
  • James O'Hara (1752-1819)
  • James Renshaw Cox (1886-1951)
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  • James Thomas 'Cool Papa' Bell (1903-91)
  • Jane Denny MacDowell (1829-1903)
  • Jane Swisshelm (1815-84)
  • Janet Vogel Rapp (1942-80)
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  • John Washington Steele (1843-1920)
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  • Legion of the United States
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  • leukemia
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  • librarians
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  • life changing events
  • life coaches
  • Liliane Kaufmann (1889-1952)
  • Lillian Russell (1860/1-1922)
  • Lithuanian Americans
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  • loan sharks
  • local politicians
  • local politics
  • local television stations
  • lockouts
  • log cabins
  • logging industry
  • Lone Ranger, The
  • lotteries
  • love triangles
  • Lutherans
  • Lydia Latrobe (1791-1878)
  • machine politics
  • machinists
  • Madoc
  • magazines
  • magic
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  • maintenance workers
  • Malcolm X (1925-65)
  • manners and customs
  • maple sugaring
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  • Mario Lemieux (1965- )
  • Mark Schweiker (1953- )
  • Maronite Catholics
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  • marriage
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  • martial arts
  • Martin Delaney (1812-85)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-68)
  • Mary Campbell (1747/8-1801)
  • Mary Carson O'Hara (1761-1827)
  • Mary Jane 'Massy' Harbison (1770-1837)
  • Mary Jane Kennedy Cochran (1829-1921)
  • Mary Jemison (1743-1833)
  • Mary Lee Spring (1849-92)
  • Mary Lou Williams (1910-81)
  • Mary Magdalene
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  • Mary Walkinshaw Reed (1836-1925)
  • Mason-Dixon Line
  • matchmakers
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  • Matt Cvetic (1909-62)
  • mayoral candidates
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  • mechanics
  • medical examiners
  • medical interns
  • medical students
  • medical transplantation
  • mediums
  • mega-churches
  • Mekong River
  • Mellon Bank
  • Mennonites
  • Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809)
  • meter maids
  • methamphetamine
  • Methodists
  • Mexican-American War
  • Mexican Americans
  • Michael Cochran (c. 1810-71)
  • Michael McGuire (1717-93)
  • microbiologists
  • middle-aged people
  • middle schools
  • midlife crises
  • Mike Ditka (1939- )
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  • military draft
  • militias
  • mill hands
  • mill towns
  • mining accidents
  • ministers
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  • miracles
  • missing children
  • missing persons
  • missionaries
  • mixed martial arts
  • models
  • Modern Chivalry (1792)
  • Molly Maguires
  • Monongahela River Valley
  • Monongahela rye
  • monsters
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  • Mother Jones (1837-1930)
  • mothers and daughters
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  • NLRB
  • Nonhelema Hokolesqua (1718-86)
  • Northwest Indian War
  • Norwegian Americans
  • nuclear weapons
  • nuns
  • nurserymen
  • nurses
  • O.J. Simpson (1947- )
  • Oakland Raiders
  • occultism
  • office workers
  • Ohio Company
  • Oil Creek Flood of 1892
  • oil industry
  • Oil Workers International Union (OWIU)
  • Old Order Amish
  • Old Reliable Lottery
  • Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819)
  • opera
  • oral history
  • organ donation
  • organized crime
  • orphanages
  • orphans
  • Orthodox Christians
  • Ouija boards
  • oxen
  • pacifists
  • painters
  • Pakistani Americans
  • Panic of 1873
  • parallel universes
  • paramedics
  • paramilitary organizations
  • paranormal events
  • parent-teacher associations
  • parents opposing relationships
  • Parkinson's disease
  • pastors
  • Patrick Gass (1771-1870)
  • Paul Marin de la Malgue (c. 1692-1753)
  • pedophilia
  • penance (sacrament)
  • Penn State University
  • Pennsylvania Canal
  • Pennsylvania Dutch
  • Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine
  • Pennsylvania Game Commission
  • Pennsylvania oil rush
  • Pennsylvania Railroad
  • Pennsylvania rifles
  • Pennsylvania Rock Oil Company
  • Pennsylvania Society for the Supression of Lotteries
  • Pennsylvania State Police
  • Pennsylvania Turnpike
  • Pentecostals
  • People's Party
  • people with disabilities
  • people with intellectual disabilities
  • people with mental illness
  • performance artists
  • Peter Mowry (1770-1833)
  • Peter Soffel (1864-1936)
  • petnapping
  • petroleum butter (petroleum jelly)
  • pharmaceutical industry
  • pharmacists
  • Philip Murray (1886-1952)
  • photographers
  • physical therapists
  • physicians
  • physicists
  • Pierre de Contrecoeur (1705-75)
  • pies
  • Pie Traynor (1898-1972)
  • Pilgrim's Progress (1678)
  • pilots
  • pimps
  • Pinkerton Detective National Agency
  • pioneers
  • pirates
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad
  • Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
  • Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire
  • Pittsburgh Catholic Charities
  • Pittsburgh Citizens' Police Review Board
  • Pittsburgh Cotton Girls Strike of 1845
  • Pittsburgh Crawfords
  • Pittsburgh Dad
  • Pittsburgh Flood of 1936
  • Pittsburgh Great Race
  • Pittsburgh Marathon
  • Pittsburgh Penguins
  • Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Pittsburgh Plate Glass
  • Pittsburgh Police
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
  • Pittsburgh Public Schools
  • Pittsburgh Renaissance II
  • Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
  • plant nurseries
  • plutonium
  • poetry
  • poets
  • police
  • polio
  • Polish Americans
  • political corruption
  • political scandals
  • politicians
  • polka
  • pollution
  • Pontiac's Rebellion
  • Pontiac (c. 1714/20-69)
  • Pontius Pilate
  • pop bands
  • popular culture
  • populists
  • pornography
  • post-traumatic stress disorder
  • pottery industry
  • poverty
  • power plants
  • pranks
  • pregnant women
  • prejudice
  • prep schools
  • Presbyterians
  • Presley Neville (1755-1818)
  • Pressed Car Steel Strike of 1909
  • Pressed Steel Car Company
  • Pride and Prejudice
  • priests
  • Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)
  • princes and princesses
  • printer and copier industry
  • prisoners
  • private investigators
  • producers
  • professional dance companies
  • professional sports
  • professional wrestling
  • professors
  • Prohibition
  • Prometheus
  • prophets
  • prosecutors
  • Protection from Abuse Orders (PFA)
  • Protestants
  • protestors
  • psychiatric hospitals
  • psychiatrists
  • psychics
  • psychic trauma in children
  • psychologists
  • psychotherapists
  • public defenders
  • public housing projects
  • public memorials
  • public parks
  • public television
  • publishing industry
  • pumpkins
  • Punxsutawney Phil
  • Quakers
  • Quecreek Mine rescue
  • Queen Alliquippa (c. 1670s/1700s-1754)
  • quests
  • rabbis
  • racism
  • radio industry
  • Ragnorok legend
  • rags-to-riches
  • railroad industry
  • Railroad Strike of 1877
  • Ralph Kiner (1922-2014)
  • ranchers
  • ransom
  • rap music
  • Reaganomics
  • real estate agents
  • real estate development
  • real estate industry
  • recluses
  • reconciliation
  • recovered memory
  • redemption
  • Red Scare
  • Reese Fell Alsop (1837-1922)
  • refugees
  • Regina Leininger (1746-unknown)
  • relief agencies
  • religious schisms
  • religious zealots
  • Renaissance fairs
  • rescues
  • resistance to real estate development
  • resort towns
  • restaurant industry
  • Restoration Movement
  • retail industry
  • retirement
  • revenge
  • reverends
  • Revolutionary War
  • rhythm and blues music
  • Richard Nixon (1913-94)
  • Richard Wagner (1813-83)
  • ride share companies
  • riverboats
  • rivers
  • road trips
  • robberies
  • Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
  • Robert Hanna (1738-86)
  • Robert Morris (1734-1806)
  • Roberto Clemente (1934-72)
  • Robert Orme (c. 1725-90)
  • Robert Pitcairn (1836-1909)
  • Robert Reed (1821-86)
  • Robert Stobo (1726/7-70)
  • robotics
  • robots
  • rock and roll
  • Rocky Bleier (1946- )
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Roger Alden (1754-1836)
  • roller derby
  • Roman Catholic cardinals
  • Roman Catholics
  • Romanian Americans
  • romantic relationships
  • roofing industry
  • ROTC
  • rowers
  • Royal Proclamation of 1763
  • rubber industry
  • Rumspringa
  • runaways
  • runestones
  • runners
  • rural communities
  • Russian Americans
  • Russian Orthodox Christians
  • sailing
  • saints
  • Sala Udin (1943- )
  • salespeoples
  • Salute to Israel Parade (Pittsburgh)
  • same-sex adoption
  • same-sex marriage
  • Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)
  • Samuel M. Kier (1813-74)
  • Samuel Semple (c. 1731-95)
  • Samuel W. Black (1816-62)
  • Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923)
  • Sarah Jane Negley (1817-1909)
  • sasquatches
  • Satchel Paige (1906-82)
  • savings and loan associations
  • scavenger hunts
  • school board members
  • school plays
  • school principals and headmasters
  • scientists
  • Scots-Irish Americans
  • Scottish Americans
  • Scottish Highlanders
  • scouting
  • screenwriters
  • sculptors
  • Seaman (dog)
  • Second Great Awakening
  • secrets
  • security guards
  • seminaries
  • Seneca Oil Company
  • senior citizens
  • separatists
  • September 11 attacks
  • Serbian Americans
  • serial killers
  • servants
  • service industry
  • sewing
  • sewing machines
  • sex offenders
  • sexual assault
  • sexual harassment
  • sex workers
  • sharecroppers
  • sheriffs
  • Shingas (fl. 1740-63)
  • shoe factories
  • shopping malls
  • sibling rivalry
  • siblings
  • Siege of Ft. Pitt
  • silent movie theaters
  • silver mining industry
  • Simeon Ecuyer
  • Simon Girty (1741-1818)
  • Simon Kenton (1755-1836)
  • singers
  • single parents
  • sisters
  • Sisters of Charity
  • skiing
  • Skyliners, The
  • skyscrapers
  • slave catchers
  • slavery
  • Slavic Americans
  • sleepwalking
  • Slovak Americans
  • Slovenian Americans
  • small businesses
  • smallpox
  • small towns
  • snipers
  • snowstorms
  • soccer
  • social clubs
  • Socialism
  • social reformers
  • social workers
  • software engineers
  • soldiers
  • Solomon Spalding (1761-1816)
  • Sophie Masloff (1917-2014)
  • sororities
  • soul mates
  • souls
  • space and time
  • Spanish-American War
  • speakeasies
  • sperm donation
  • spies
  • sportscasters
  • St. Clair Expedition
  • stadium vendors
  • stalking
  • Standard Oil Company
  • Stanford White (1853-1906)
  • Stan Musial (1920-2013)
  • steamboats
  • steel industry
  • steel mills
  • Steel Strike of 1919
  • Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC)
  • stepfamilies
  • Stephen Bayard (1744-1815)
  • Stephen Foster (1826-64)
  • stigmata
  • Stockholm syndrome
  • Stone-Campbell Movement
  • street gangs
  • strikebreakers
  • students
  • suburbs
  • Sudan
  • suicide
  • summer camp
  • Super Bowl
  • superheroes
  • supermarket managers
  • surgeons
  • surrogate mothers
  • surveyors
  • SWAT
  • Swedish Americans
  • Swiss-German Americans
  • Swiss Americans
  • Sydney Rigdon (1793-1876)
  • Syrian Americans
  • Taft-Hartley Act
  • talking animals
  • Tanacharison (Half-King) (c. 1700-64)
  • tattoo artists
  • taxation
  • tax collectors
  • taxicab drivers
  • taxidermy
  • teachers
  • teenagers
  • teen pregnancy
  • telegraph employees
  • television industry
  • Temperance Movement
  • terrorism
  • Thanksgiving
  • theater industry
  • theaters
  • The Isaly's Company
  • Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)
  • Theodosia Burr (1783-1813)
  • Thomas Carnegie (1843-86)
  • Thomas Dunbar (unknown-1767)
  • Thomas Edison (1847-1931)
  • Thomas Gage (1718/19-87)
  • Three Rivers Arts Festival
  • time travel
  • Timothy Webster (1822-62)
  • Tim Stevens (1945- )
  • Tony (W. A.) Boyle (1904-85)
  • Tories
  • tornados
  • town festivals
  • traders
  • trade unions
  • trains
  • Trainsmen's Union
  • tramps
  • transgender people
  • translators
  • trappers
  • trauma centers
  • Treaty of Ft. McIntosh
  • trench warfare
  • Trial of Harry Thaw
  • tribute bands
  • triplets
  • trolls
  • truck drivers
  • TV news anchors
  • twins
  • Ty Cobb (1886-1961)
  • U.S. Air Force
  • U. S. Army
  • U. S. Bureau of Mines
  • U. S. Coast Guard
  • U. S. Marshals
  • U. S. Merchant Marines
  • U. S. Mine Safety and Health Administration
  • U.S. Navy
  • U. S. senators
  • U. S. Steel Corporation
  • UFOs
  • Ukrainian Americans
  • Ukrainian Catholics
  • Ulysses S. Grant (1822-85)
  • undercover operations
  • Underground Railroad
  • unemployment
  • Union Army
  • union elections
  • union organizers
  • Union Switch & Signal
  • Unitarian Universalist Church
  • United Airlines Flight 93
  • United Mine Workers
  • United States Steel
  • United Steelworkers
  • United Transportation Union
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • unplanned pregnancies
  • urban life
  • used bookstores
  • used car salesmen
  • utopia
  • vacations
  • Valentine's Day
  • vampires
  • vaudeville
  • ventriloquism
  • veterans
  • veterinarians
  • Viagra
  • video games
  • Vietnam War
  • vigilantes
  • Viking explorers
  • villains
  • Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
  • virtual reality
  • viruses
  • visual artists
  • voyages
  • waitresses
  • Walt Whitman (1819-92)
  • ward heelers
  • War in Afghanistan
  • War of 1812
  • War of Regulation
  • War on Terror
  • waste collectors
  • wealthy people
  • weathermen
  • weddings
  • Welsh Americans
  • werewolves
  • Western Pennsylvania Coal Strike of 1927
  • Western Pennsylvania Conservancy
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
  • Westsylvania
  • West Virginia
  • Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
  • Whiskey Rebellion
  • widows and widowers
  • wilderness
  • wildlife conservation
  • Willa Cather (1873-1947)
  • William Bernard Conway (1802-39)
  • William C. McCarthy (1820-1900)
  • William Clark (1770-1838)
  • William Crawford (1722-82)
  • William Foster (1779-1855)
  • William Johnson (1715-74)
  • William Steinberg (1899-1978)
  • William Sylvis (1828-69)
  • William Trautmann (1869-1940)
  • William Trent (1715-87)
  • William Wilkins (1779-1865)
  • William Z. Foster (1881-1961)
  • window dressers
  • winter resorts
  • witchcraft
  • witches
  • WNBO radio station
  • Wobblies
  • wolves
  • women's suffrage
  • working class people
  • working mothers
  • Works Progress Administration
  • World Series
  • world travelers
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • writers
  • WYEP Summer Music Festival
  • x-ray technicians
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Yugoslavian Americans
  • zombies
  • zoos

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