Travel & Local History

Carolee E. Burack --The People of Beth Israel Center - Fifty Years
Published: 2009 by Word Association Publishers.
Genre: Pittsburgh History, Religion (Jewish)
Website: http://www.bethisraelpgh.org/
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Authors Note:
OLLI Affiliation: Carnegie Mellon Osher Institute. (Member)

Joan Morse Gordon - The Road Taken: A Journey in Time down Pennsylvania Route 45  
Published in 2002 The Local History Company, Pittsburgh PA
Available for Purchase from Amazon.com and The Local History Company.com
Genre: Historical memoir, travel
Website:
Written: All of my books were written since I retired from the business world.
Authors Note: A fourth book ("Dream Quartet") is currently at the publisher
OLLI Affiliation: OSHER at Carnegie Mellon University (Member)

Paul Roth Railroad Vistas: The Rail Landscape of Western Pennsylvania
Published in 2008 by Booksurge
Available for Purchase from Amazon.com and Heinz Western PA History Museum Giftshop/Bookstore
Genre: Illustrated travel
Website:
Written: Post-retirement project. To be followed by another (contracted) photographic book in 2010.
Authors Note: Photos of Western Pennslvania scenery with the railroad as a metaphorical object (81 pages + index. 61 color phographs, plus full-color map.)
OLLI Affiliation: OSHER at Carnegie Mellon University (Member)