“The Whiskey Rebellion And The Rebirth of Rye: A Pittsburgh Story”

“The Whiskey Rebellion and the Rebirth of Rye” takes readers on a tour of the spirit’s founding, floundering, and current flourishing. Authors Mark Meyer and Meredith Meyer Grelli explore rye whiskey’s revolutionary origins in Western Pennsylvania, the role of Gilded Age robber barons in developing the rye industry and the reemergence of craft distilling in […]

PA Books: “Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form”

Philadelphia native Charles Sheeler (1883-1965) is recognized as one of the founding figures of American modernism. Initially trained in impressionist landscape painting, he experimented early in his career with compositions inspired by European modernism before developing a linear, hard-edge style now known as Precisionism. Sheeler is best known for his powerful and compelling images of […]

PA Books: “Inside My Life Outdoors”

“Inside My Life Outdoors” is the story of one man’s love affair with Mother Nature. It might or might not help to make you a better hunter or angler, but it will make you laugh in some places and think quietly in others. Mostly it’s about all the things that aren’t supposed to happen out […]

PA Books: “How The French Saved America”

To the rebelling colonies, French assistance made the difference between looming defeat and eventual triumph. Even before the Declaration of Independence was issued, King Louis XVI and French foreign minister Vergennes were aiding the rebels. After the Declaration, that assistance broadened to include wages for our troops; guns, cannon, and ammunition; engineering expertise that enabled […]

PA Books: “Andrew Wyeth: In Retrospect”

This major retrospective catalogue explores the impact of time and place on the work of beloved American painter Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009). While previous publications have mainly analyzed Wyeth’s work thematically, this publication places him fully in the context of the long 20th century, tracing his creative development from World War I through the new millennium. […]

PA Books: “Death of an Assassin”

The first volunteer killed defending Robert E. Lee’s position in battle was really a German assassin. After fleeing to the United States to escape prosecution for murder, the assassin enlisted in a German company of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Mexican-American War and died defending Lee’s battery at the Siege of Veracruz in 1847. Lee […]

PA Books: The Historic Barns of Southeastern Pennsylvania

For anyone who has ever admired a barn on an old country lane, this is the story of that barn and many others in Southeastern Pennsylvania, or, specifically, “the hearth,” the area east of the Susquehanna River and South of the Blue Mountains. One of the earliest-settled areas in North America, this region of the […]