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Jonathan Lethem: IMG Stops: On Those Things My New Novel Forgot to Be About, Maybe

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The Monongahela: River of Dreams, River of Sweat

by Arthur Parker

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ISBN13: 9780271018751
ISBN10: 0271018755
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The Monongahela is one of three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh, where Parker was Executive Vice President of the Waterways Association from 1971 to 1993. He recounts the river's history from a route for early expansion west to its current commercial and leisure use. Among the highlights are the beginning of shipbuilding in the 1790s, the growth of other industries and subsequent need for coal, Carnegie's first steel mill in 1872, the bloody Homestead strike in 1892, the rusting of the steel belt in the 1980s, and attempts to revive.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.
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ISBN:
9780271018751
Author:
Parker, Arthur
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Location:
University Park, Pa. :
Subject:
Description and travel
Subject:
History
Subject:
United States - State & Local
Subject:
Pennsylvania
Subject:
Monongahela River
Subject:
United States - State & Local - General
Subject:
Travel
Subject:
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) History.
Subject:
Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.)
Series Volume:
99-20A
Publication Date:
November 1999
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
200
Dimensions:
1080x920x72 213
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