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Charles W. (Charles William) Dahlinger
1858–1935
A Pittsburgh historian with a lawyer’s eye for detail, he wrote lively books that bring the city’s early social life and frontier past into focus. His work also ranged beyond local history to subjects like the German Revolution of 1849 and agrarian unrest.
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Pittsburgh : a sketch of its early social life
by Charles W. (Charles William) Dahlinger
About the author
Born in 1858 and dying in 1935, Charles W. Dahlinger was an American historian, lawyer, and politician closely associated with Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania.
He is remembered today mainly for historical writing that explored the region’s past in an accessible, story-rich way. Among the works linked with his name are Pittsburgh: A Sketch of Its Early Social Life, Fort Pitt, The Marquis Duquesne, Sieur de Menneville, Founder of the City of Pittsburgh, and The German Revolution of 1849.
That mix of civic life, legal training, and historical research helps explain the character of his books: practical, well documented, and deeply interested in how places and communities were shaped over time.