Demarest, David P. From These Hills, From These Valleys: Selected Fiction About Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1976.

Twenty-four highly readable selections from novels and short stories written about western Pennsylvania from the 1760s through the early 1970s, which delve into the region’s historical evolution and its ethnic and racial diversity. Each selection begins with a brief introduction and short biography of the author.

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