C Prentiss OrrPrentiss is the principal author and editor of the popular illustrated ref-erence book, Pittsburgh Born, Pittsburgh Bred: 500 of the More Famous Peo-ple Who Have Called Pittsburgh Home, chosen by the Senator John Heinz History Center as the official ublication to celebrate Pittsburgh's 250th anniversary. He has written dozens of Pittsburgh biographies as editor and publisher of Allegheny Cemetery's Heritage newsletter, and pub-lished two local history books with the late C. Hax McCullough. Prentiss also was an editor of The Power of Pittsburgh, published by Towery Books as the centerpiece of a larger economic development campaign he directed for the Allegheny Conference on Community De-velopment. A former theatre marketing professional and advertising cre-ative director for more than 30 years, in 2005, Prentiss also co-founded Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries, the first vodka distillery in Pennsylvania and makers of Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka. The Surveyor and The Silversmith is his first deep dive into writing an American family's narrative history. He can be reached at explordi-tions.com. Read More Read Less