Contents
Preface
Prologue Lewis Evans, His Map
I. Virginia Takes a Hand in the West
II. How Are the Mighty Fallen!
III. Robbers' Roost
IV. The Head of Iron
V. Britannia Rules the Ohio
VI. Pioneer Village in War and Peace
VII. "Intestin Broyls"
VIII. Revolt in the West
IX. Between Revolts
X. Tom the Tinker Comes to Town
XI. The Gateway to the West
XII. Genesis of an Industrial Empire
XIII. Life under the Poplars
XIV. Clapboard Democracy
XV. From Turnpike to Railroad
XVI. Civic Pittsburgh, 1816-1860
XVII. "The Birmingham of America"
XVIII. The Emergence of a Metropolis
XIX. Moral and Cultural Advancement
XX. High and Low Life
XXI. National Politics on a Local Scale
XXII. Prelude to Strife
XXIII. The Sinews of War
Index