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Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh

By Thomas White, Kyle McQueen (Illustrator)
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By Thomas White, Kyle McQueen (Illustrator)
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Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but mostly true events.

Local author Thomas White delves into these lost tales, from Lewis and Clark's inauspicious start involving an intoxicated boat builder to the death ray of inventor Nikola Tesla. A 1907 lion attack at Luna Park, death by spontaneous combustion, Jack the Ripper's rumored visit to ...

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HistoryUnited States HistoryUnited States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic RegionNortheastern & Middle Atlantic Region - History - General & Miscellaneous