images from - (left - right): Historic Pittsburgh Collection: Atlas of the city of Pittsburgh, 1889 and Chris Galluzzo: City Skyline, 2021.
selected books
Braddock's Road by
Historian Norman L. Baker chronicles the construction of the road and creates the definitive mapping of those sections once thought lost. Join Baker as he charts the history of Braddock's Road until the ultimate catastrophic collision with the combined French and Indian forces.
Eminent Pittsburghers: Profiles of the City's Founding Industrialists by
A short history of Pittsburgh, highlighting the contributions of Andrew Carnegie, H. J. Heinz, George Westinghouse, Henry Clay Frick, A. W. Mellon and more.
Pittsburgh: The Story of a City, 1750-1865 by
The standard history of Pittsburgh tells the city's story from its violent days as an eighteenth-century outpost of empire to the onset of its great age of industrial expansion.
The River Ran Red by
The violence that erupted at Carnegie Steel's giant Homestead mill near Pittsburgh on July 6. 1892, caused a congressional investigation and trials for treason, motivated a nearly successful assassination attempt on Frick, contributed to the defeat of President Benjamin Harrison for a second term, and changed the course of the American labor movement.
The Steel Workers by
This classic account of the worker in the steel industry during the early years of the twentieth century combines the social investigator's mastery of facts with the vivid personal touch of the journalist. From its pages emerges a finely etched picture of how men lived and worked in steel. In 1907-1908, when John Fitch spent more than a year in Pittsburgh interviewing workers, steel was the master industry of the region.
Keeping House by
This book is a fascinating re-creation of the lives of women in the time of great social change that followed the end of the French and Indian War in western Pennsylvania.
Guns at the Forks by
O'Meara tells the story of five successive forts, particularly Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt, and the dramatic part they played in the war between 1750 and 1760.
overview & background sources
article & journal sources
books
CCAC has a terrific collection of print and eBooks that cover all aspects of Pittsburgh history and development.