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"""A must-read for anyone biking or hiking along any section of the Great Allegheny Passage. It will enrich their experiences many times over."" --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ""More than simply a tale of the history and development of one of this area's most unique features. It also is a fine history of Western Pennsylvania."" --Pittsburgh Tribune Review ""This is an uncommonly good read. It's a welcome addition to the resources about the Great Allegheny Passage. An Uncommon Passage provides comprehensive overviews of the historical and natural setting of the trail. These provide a context that enriches our understanding of the trail."" --Mary Shaw, coauthor, Linking Up: Planning Your Traffic-Free Trip between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC ""[Important] to scholars for insight into the process of community and regional regeneration in the postindustrial era . . . accessible and innovative . . . beautiful photography is seamlessly meshed with engaging prose."" --Pennsylvania History ""This book ably presents the panoply of geology, geography, biology, and human history that is the Great Allegheny Passage. Read it to plan a trip and to achieve the full experience when you visit this rich and fascinating realm."" --Charles Fergus, author of Trees of Pennsylvania and Wildlife of Pennsylvania"

This is an uncommonly good read. It's a welcome addition to the resources about the Great Allegheny Passage. An Uncommon Passage provides comprehensive overviews of the historical and natural setting of the trail. These provide a context that enriches our understanding of the trail. Mary Shaw, coauthor, Linking Up: Planning Your Traffic-Free Trip between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC

[Important] to scholars for insight into the process of community and regional regeneration in the postindustrial era . . . accessible and innovative . . . beautiful photography is seamlessly meshed with engaging prose. Pennsylvania History

This is an uncommonly good read. It's a welcome addition to the resources about the Great Allegheny Passage. An Uncommon Passage provides comprehensive overviews of the historical and natural setting of the trail. These provide a context that enriches our understanding of the trail. --Mary Shaw, coauthor, Linking Up: Planning Your Traffic-Free Trip between Pittsburgh PA and Washington DC A must-read for anyone biking or hiking along any section of the Great Allegheny Passage. It will enrich their experiences many times over. --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette More than simply a tale of the history and development of one of this area's most unique features. It also is a fine history of Western Pennsylvania. --Pittsburgh Tribune Review [Important] to scholars for insight into the process of community and regional regeneration in the postindustrial era . . . accessible and innovative . . . beautiful photography is seamlessly meshed with engaging prose. --Pennsylvania History This book ably presents the panoply of geology, geography, biology, and human history that is the Great Allegheny Passage. Read it to plan a trip and to achieve the full experience when you visit this rich and fascinating realm. --Charles Fergus, author of Trees of Pennsylvania and Wildlife of Pennsylvania

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Edward K. Muller is emeritus professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh, where he was a former chair of the Department of History, former director of the urban studies program, and a Fulbright Research Scholar in New Zealand. He is foundi

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