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Traces the Arc of Pittsburgh's Rise from Frontier Outpost to Dynamic Industrial Region
About the author
Edward K. Muller (Author) Edward K. Muller is professor emeritus of history at the University of Pittsburgh and former director of the university's Urban Studies Program. He focuses on the history and geography of North American cities, particularly Pittsburgh. He is coauthor of
Making Industrial Pittsburgh: Environment, Landscape, Transportation, Energy, and Planning and
Before Renaissance: Planning in Pittsburgh, 1889-1943, among other books, and editor of
An Uncommon Passage: Traveling through History on the Great Allegheny Passage Trail and
DeVoto's West: History, Conservation, and the Public Good, among other books.
Rob Ruck (Author) Rob Ruck is a historian at the University of Pittsburgh, where he teaches and writes about sport. He focuses on how people use sport to tell a collective story about who they are to themselves and the world. He is the author of
Tropic of Football: The Long and Perilous Journey of Samoans to the NFL,
Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game, and
Rooney: A Sporting Life, among other titles. His documentaries
Kings on the Hill: Baseball's Forgotten Men and
The Republic of Baseball: Dominican Giants of the American Game appeared on PBS.
