BETTIS: Where Pittsburgh Aviation Took Off
with Sue Morris
8.5 x 11", 288 pages, color illustrations, $19.95
2024
Bettis Field may no longer be a familiar name but it was once the epicenter of Pittsburgh aviation. The story of this 1920s airport captures the exciting, early years of flying, from barnstorming to commercial and passenger flight to Bettis’s role in delivering airmail. A cast of daring, larger-than-life characters, both men and women, made Bettis the place to be.
Come along as we join thousands to greet Charles Lindbergh, witness a pilot crash into a steel mill while trying to cure a passenger’s deafness, watch the national balloon races turn to tragedy, and see a nuclear lab take over Bettis—only to have pilots keep landing on its roadways. It’s a fun, fascinating look at the dawn of aviation in Pittsburgh.
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NOW AVAILABLE from bookstores, Amazon, and best of all, direct from the Heinz History Center!
ISALY'S Chipped Ham, Klondikes, and other Tales from Behind the Counter
9 x 9", 148 pages, 400+ color illustrations, $19.95
2021
Take a trip back to Isaly's dairy/deli stores and popular products like chipped ham, skyscraper cones, ice cream bricks, and of course, their Klondike bar, all in full color.
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GREETINGS FROM THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, 3RD ed
FOREWORD BY CHRIS EPTING
8.5 x 11", 288 pages, color illustrations, $29.95
2019
The ultimate guide to the history of the road, the landscape, and many of the old-time businesses along
the way. Updated from the previous two editions (as of 2019) with some different and improved illustrations. Pick up the 2013 LH Centennial Edition too while they last!
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LUNA: PITTSBURGH'S ORIGINAL LOST KENNYWOOD
6 x 9", 140 pages, 150 color illustrations, $12.95
2017
As leisure and entertainment becomes big business, Frederick Ingersoll builds some of Kennywood's first rides then launches his own dazzling Luna Park in Oakland.
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KENNYWOOD: BEHIND THE SCREAMS, POCKET EDITION
5 x 7.5", 144 pages, 320 color illustrations, $12.95
2016
A fun, fast walking tour through the park and its history, stretching back to 1898. See what's there now and what was there before in more than 300 photos.
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THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY: PHOTOS THROUGH TIME
8.5 x 10", 136 pages, color illustrations, $18.50
2013
The official Centennial souvenir publication of the LHA includes artifacts, vintage photos, and modern photography from all LH states, many of the images from fellow travelers.
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DINERS OF PENNSYLVANIA
with Kevin Patrick and Kyle Weaver
6 x 9", 288 pages, color illustrations, $21.95
2011
(1st edition was published 1999)
A guide to the state's 239 factory-built diners, with
info on styles, vintages, and manufacturers, plus the histories behind them and those of the past.
NOTE: The listings are now out of date.
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THE SHIP HOTEL: A GRAND VIEW ALONG THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY
6 x 9", 98 pages, illustrations, index, $19.95
2010 *out of print
The Ship of the Alleghenies steams ahead one last time in this brief but fun and well-illustrated history of the late, lamented S.S. Grand View Ship Hotel near Bedford, PA.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY COMPANION
5.5 x 8.25", 192 pages, illustrations, $26.95 *out of print
2009 *out of print
A glove compartment-sized guide with maps and descriptions of places to stop and see.
NOTE: The listings are out of date and the maps, though a good introduction to the road, were not meant for turn-by turn-driving.
ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS
with Sarah Butko
7.5 x 9.5", 154 pages, color illustrations, site list, index, $24.95
2007 *out of print
All the offbeat attractions you love from coast to coast plus more than 50 fellow authors and artists offer stories about their favorite attractions or recall memorable trips.
NOTE: Some things have changed or disappeared since this was published.
ROADSIDE GIANTS
with Sarah Butko
6 x 9", 100 pages, color illustrations, $14.95
2005 *out of print
The stories behind some of the best-known commercial giants — buildings shaped like hot dogs, ice cream cones, and baskets, as well as the popular "Muffler Men."NOTE: Some attractions have changed or disappeared since this was published.
LINCOLN HIGHWAY: PENNSYLVANIA TRAVELER'S GUIDE, 2ND EDITION
6 x 9", 288 pages, color illustrations, $21.95
2002 *out of print
(1st edition was published 1996)
THE guide to the history of the road and roadside
businesses along the LH in PA.
NOTE: Many things have changed or disappeared
since this was published.
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KLONDIKES, CHIPPED HAM, & SKYSCRAPER CONES: THE STORY OF ISALY'S
6 x 9", 112 pages, illustrations, store address list, $12.95
2001 *out of print
The fun, fascinating story of the popular dairy-deli chain that invented chipped-chopped ham, eventually closing its hundreds of stores to expand the Klondike bar. Playboy called it "A sweet reading treat."
I also help publish books for the Heinz History Center, here are some:
IN THE SHADOW OF HEART MOUNTAIN:
ODYSSEY OF A NISEI
* BY FRANK INOUYE *
6 X 9", 346 PAGES, $21.95
2025
Frank was an American citizen who went to Catholic School, enjoyed hiking and cowboy movies, lettered in tennis, and helped his parents run their hotel in 1930s Los Angeles. But after Pearl Harbor, this Japanese American family was sent to a desolate internment camp. Frank went on to become a professor of American history, so his memoir is at times funny, heartbreaking, and scholarly.
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57 SERVINGS FROM THE HEINZ TABLE
* BY EMILY RUBY *
9 x 9", 120 pages, 165 illustrations, $16.95
2018
Winner of an American Graphic Design Award from Graphic Design USA. A colorful retelling of early Heinz company history—in 57 short chapters—showcasing the History Center’s many photographs and artifacts.
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LAUNCHED: THE LIFE OF OLYMPIAN HERB DOUGLAS * BY ANNE MADARASZ *
9 x 9", 112 pages, 90 illustrations, $24.95
2019
Herb Douglas won a bronze medal at the 1948 Olympic Games, then became one of the first African American vice president of a major U.S. corporation.
* The fourth book in our African American History Series
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I've also written the foreword or an endorsement for many books, here is one:
GOT GAS? A PICTORIAL LOOK AT CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA SERVICE STATIONS FROM THE 20TH CENTURY
* BY JIMMY ROSEN *
9.5 x 11", 200 pages, $29.95
2021
A fun tour through old service station images that began when Jimmy saved a collection of Atlantic Refining Company photos. Includes numerous then and now comparisons.