Len Barcousky: 3 books
Remembering Pittsburgh
An "Eyewitness" History of the Steel City
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2010
The doomed Whiskey Rebellion, the Great Fire that destroyed a third of the city in 1845 and Lincoln's speech urging residents to shun talk of secession--all have made the pages of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and its predecessors. Since 1786, the paper has covered local events, and reporter Len Barcousky...
Civil War Pittsburgh
Forge of the Union
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
On Christmas Day 1860, the "Daily Pittsburgh Gazette "announced that more than one hundred cannons from the nearby U.S. Arsenal were to be shipped south. Fiercely loyal to the Union, Pittsburghers halted the movement of the artillery, which would have been seized by secessionist sympathizers. Over the...
by Len Barcousky
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2016
When Mark Twain visited in 1884, he claimed to spy a little bit of hell in Pittsburgh's smoky appearance. Twain's observations are among the many riveting firsthand accounts and anecdotes to be found in the archives of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The Great War hit home after the sinking of the Lusitania,...