New history of Pittsburgh spotlights lesser-known figures
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on July 5, 2023
Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and Thomas Mellon, sure. But who are James Smith, Miranda Hollander, and William Tinker?
That latter trio comprises just three of the lives the authors of the new book “Pittsburgh Rising: From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920” explore to illuminate the city’s history. The University of Pittsburgh Press publication, by Pitt professors Edward K. Muller and Rob Ruck, sketches everything from the slaughter, betrayal and displacement of Native Americans here to the ascent of heavy industry in the Mon Valley, with an eye on not only generals, land speculators . . .
