Eminent Pittsburghers: Profiles of the City's Founding Industrialists
Author:   William S. Dietrich, II
Publisher:   Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN:  

9781589796072


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   16 October 2011
Format:   Hardback
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Eminent Pittsburghers: Profiles of the City's Founding Industrialists


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"These biographical essays, many reprinted from The Pittsburgh Quarterly, describe the men who transformed Pittsburgh into one of the leading industrial cities in the world. Included here are such essays as ""The Amazing Career of George Westinghouse,"" ""The Judge and the Little Boy: The Triumph and the Tragedy of A.W. Mellon,"" ""Smilin Charlie Schwab: The Joys and Sorrows of Life on a Large Canvas,"" and more. The book also includes ""A Very Short History of Pittsburgh"" that describes how its ""geography and geology have been destiny,"" where the city ""not only faces but opens the great heartland of America."""

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Author:   William S. Dietrich, II
Publisher:   Taylor Trade Publishing
Imprint:   Taylor Trade Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9781589796072


ISBN 10:   1589796071
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   16 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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...[A] vital history of one of America's oldest and most storied cities. Midwest Book Review


...[A] vital history of one of America's oldest and most storied cities. * Midwest Book Review *


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William S. Dietrich II is chairman of Dietrich Charitable Trusts in Pittsburgh. He is the former President and CEO of Dietrich Industries and has a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.

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