Front-Page Pittsburgh: Two Hundred Years Of The Post-Gazette - Hardcover

Thomas, Clarke M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822942488 ISBN 13: 9780822942481

Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005

Synopsis

Clarke Thomas has compiled a two-hundred-year history of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the first paper published west of the Alleghenies. From the Whiskey Rebellion to the present, the stories the paper covered reveal the history of Pittsburgh and the people who live there.

About this title

About the Author:

Clarke M. Thomas, was a combat infantryman in World War II, spent forty-three years as a newspaperman in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania. In 1997 he received the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania President's Award “in recognition of outstanding career achievement and contributions to Western Pennsylvania journalism.”

Review:

"Details the paper's history from its start in 1786 through wars, publishers, changing politics, journalistic evolutions, suffrage, and a strike that held a mirror to Pittsburgh. We realize, through this book, how the written news acts as a constant to the readers of a sometimes uncertain region. . . . Take the insider journey, you'll find a renewed sense of respect for the paper that made the trip."
--Carol Lee Espy, WQED

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0822942488
• ISBN 13: 9780822942481
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344