Author: Eagleson, Hodge McIlvain
Title: Right Here in Squirrel Hill
Description: Pittsburgh, PA, Jackson Church Press, 1953. FIRST EDITION (NAP). Hardcover. 8vo. Sky-blue faux leather boards, with gilt lettering to spine. Edgewear and closed tear and a few small chips to dustjacket. Book itself is bright and tight (the dustjacket has done its job well!). First volume in the Jackson Church Press' "PITTSBURGHER'S LIBRARY" Series. "..a preacher's chuckling story about a flint lock congregation of the wild hill country . outside Pittsburgh in circuit rider days. It could almost be called the story of three congretations Methodist, Baptist andPResbyterian for theyall met in the same building for several years, with side-splitting results..Reverend Eagleson does not gloss over the seamy side of church doings.." (Dustjacket flap). A churchgoer's pioneer history of a community in the Eastern portion of Pittsburgh, situated midway between the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, retold in a lively and often humorous fashion -- Indeed, the last biographical note (bottom of rear dustjacket flap) about Reverend Eagleson reads: "..In 1938 the University of Pittsburgh wrote Ph.D. after his name, which, he says means, 'piled higher and deeper.'" Quite uncommon and even for non-religious or churchgoing readers, the book contains fascinating bits of history and stories about personages which Pittsburghers can recognize in the names of their streets, parks, buildings, etc. A good read!. Near Fine in Good Only Dustjacket .

Keywords: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania History, Western Pennsylvania History