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

by Clarke M. Thomas

University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7769-8 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-4248-1
Library of Congress Classification PN4899.P565P588 2005
Dewey Decimal Classification 071.4886

ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC

ABOUT THIS BOOK

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.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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.”

REVIEWS

"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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

<p. v, no folio, p. vi, cont'd or blank Contents List of Illustrations 000 Preface 000 1. The Beginning 000 2. The Whiskey Rebellion 000 3. Competition 000 4. An Editor for a Contentious Era 000 5. The Post Arrives 000 6. The Civil War 000 7. Reconstruction, Railroads, Riots 000 8. The Twentieth Century Opens 000 9. The Block and Hearst Deal 000 10. The Next Generation 000 11. Race and Government 000 12. The Joint Operating Agreement 000 13. Turbulent Times 000 14. Catching Up 000 15. The 1992 Strike 000 16. Moving Forward 000 Notes 000 Bibliography 000 Index 000

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