Our Suburb ~ by Samuel J. Fisher circa 1900 ~ Pittsburg suburb of Swissvale ~ reflections on suburban life & historical musings

Title: Our Suburb

Author: Samuel J. Fisher, D.D.

Description: Inscribed by the author on front free endpaper. Wine-colored cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front cover. Very faint dampstain in bottom margin of some pages, with light damp-ripple, else clean. 93 pages. Three institutional copies located on OCLC (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY), Yale University).

Philosophical reflections on the attractions of fin-de-sicele suburban life, along with scattered musings on the history and denizens of the Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale, where the author served as the first pastor of Swissvale Presbyterian Church from 1870-1905.

Inscribed: ''To one whose family / made part of Our / Suburb with the regards / of the Author''.

Rev. Samuel Jackson Fisher (1847-1928) attended Hamilton College, class of 1867, during his father's presidency of that institution, and graduated from Auburn Theological Seminary (NY) in 1870. He was an executive member of the board of trustees of Western Theological Seminary (Pittsburgh), dean of Presbyterian Ministers of Western Pennsylvania, and the president of the Presbyterian Board of Missions to the Freedmen. He was also the author of ''The American Negro'' and ''The Negro: An American Asset.'' Volume lacks a statement of publication date, only indicating that it was published by The Crescent Press of Pittsburgh. While its not an exact match, Pittsburgh city directories list a ''Crescent Printing'' in the years 1895-1897.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good

Publisher: The Crescent Press
Place: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Year: 1896

Keywords: history, Swissvale, Swisshelm, Braddock, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, suburban life,