Bullwhips and Bad Reviews: The Colorful Career of Music Man Henry Kleber Jean Thomas. Photograph Credits

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3 Fall 1998 Volume 81, Number 3 Formerly the Western Pennsylvania Historical Magazine Chairman, Board ofdirectors Martin McGuinn President &\u25a0 CEO Andrew E. Masich CONTENTS 98 Record of a Canoe Cruise Down the Allegheny from Olean, New York, topittsburgh, July 1916 William Stengel Senior Vice President Betty Arenth Director of Publications MarilynErwin Editor Paul Roberts Projects Editor BrianButko Intern Jessica Reem Designer Deborah Prelaz Bullwhips and Bad Reviews: The Colorful Career of Music Man Henry Kleber Jean Thomas Photograph Credits One Month inthe Summer of '63: Pittsburgh Prepares for the CivilWar (Part Iin a Series) BillMcCarthy Published by the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh This publication is made possible, in part, bythe Kenneth B. and Verna H. Haas Bequest, and the Institute of Museum Library Services. Aportion of the Historical Society's general operating funds are provided by the Allegheny Regional Asset District. ALLEGHENYREGIONALASSET DISTRICT This magazine is printed on recycled, acid-free paper. 134 The Reclamation of Mary Schenley's Picnic House Arthur B.Fox Cover: 19th Century Music Man Henry Kleber didn't diddle with penning angry letters when the reviews didn't go his way.kleber and his brother once ambushed an offending newspaper writer in downtown Pittsburgh and lashed him with abullwhip. Jean Thomas tells us more about this colorful Pittsburgh character see page 108. Illustration conceived and designed by Wall-toWall Studios. ISSN

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