Books Archive - University of Pittsburgh Press

Watching the River Run

A Photographic Journey Down the Youghiogheny

By Tim Palmer

A Vibrant Photo Essay of the Youghiogheny River

Fields of Play

Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City

By Robert T. Hayashi

A Pittsburgh Sports History Centering Issues of Race and Economic Disparity

Mal Goode Reporting

The Life and Work of a Black Broadcast Trailblazer

By Liann Tsoukas, Rob Ruck

The First Comprehensive Biography on a Barrier-Breaking Black Radio and Television Newscaster

William Bartram’s Visual Wonders

The Drawings of an American Naturalist

By Elizabeth A. Athens

Positions Bartram’s Illustrations as Central to His Understanding of the Natural World

Pittsburgh Rising

From Frontier Town to Steel City, 1750-1920

By Edward K. Muller, Rob Ruck

Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh’s Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region

From the Steel City to the White City

Western Pennsylvania and the World’s Columbian Exposition

By Zachary L. Brodt

How Pittsburgh Positioned Itself as a Center of Culture and Innovation at the Turn of the Century

Andy Warhol’s Mother

The Woman Behind the Artist

By Elaine Rusinko

The First Comprehensive Biography of Julia Warhola

The Lung Block

Plagues, Parks, and Power in Progressive-Era New York

By Adrienne deNoyelles

Lays Bare the Class Struggles Inherent in Public Health and Urban Parks Campaigns of the Early Twentieth Century

To Risk It All

General Forbes, the Capture of Fort Duquesne, and the Course of Empire in the Ohio Country

By Michael McConnell

A Comprehensive History Placing Forbes and His Campaign during the Seven Years’ War within the Context of the Eighteenth Century British Empire

Youghiogheny

Appalachian River, Revised Edition

By Tim Palmer

The Fortieth Anniversary Edition of the Classic Exploration of the Youghiogheny River,Updated with a New Introduction and Epilogue

Kaufmann’s

The Family That Built Pittsburgh’s Famed Department Store

By Marylynne Pitz, Laura Malt Schneiderman

Traces One Family’s Outsized Influence on Its Community and a Century of National Retail Trends in the Department Store Industry

Making the Frontier Man

Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry

By Matthew C. Ward

Contextualizes the Development of Early American Violence and Gun Culture

Donora Death Fog

Clean Air and the Tragedy of a Pennsylvania Mill Town

By Andy McPhee

The Complete Story of the Worst Air Pollution Disaster in US History

Iron Artisans

Welsh Immigrants and the American Age of Steel

By Ronald L. Lewis

How Skilled Welsh Workers and Managers Helped Build the American Steel Industry

Bound in the Bond of Life

Pittsburgh Writers Reflect on the Tree of Life Tragedy

Edited By Beth Kissileff, Eric Lidji

Essays That Confront the Personal and Public Aspects of Surviving Tragedy and Demonstrate How Pittsburgh Is Still Stronger Than Hate