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Tells the story of the 1970 reconstruction of an authentic, operational nineteenth-century canal boat. The narrative unfolds in the small village of Canal Fulton, Ohio, along the surviving one-mile section of the 333-mile Ohio & Erie Canal, which in the 1820s connected the new nation's western frontier to the thriving coastal states.

Born in 1819 in Cincinnati, Donn Piatt died in 1891 at the Piatt Castles that still stand in western Ohio. He was a diplomat, historian, journalist, judge, lawyer, legislator, lobbyist, novelist, playwright, poet, and politician-and a well-known humorist, once called on to replace Mark Twain when Twain's humor failed him.

Drawing on a variety of primary documents, Booraem re-creates military life as Lieutenant Harrison experienced it - a life of duels, discipline, rivalries, hardships, baffling encounters with the natives and social relations between officers and men, military and civilians, and men and women.

In the old story of love and loss, Lisa Ampleman's I've Been Collecting This to Tell You cuts to the core of the matter with concision and subtlety. Hearts are laid bare, dissected, even grown anew. Masterfully structured and alert to the most vital details, this collection has lots to tell us and a voice at once authentic and lyrical with which to do it.

Through works in translation, students in our mostly monolingual society are at last becoming acquainted with the multilingual and multicultural world in which they will live and work. This book's sixteen essays provide instructors a context in which to teach works from a variety of languages and cultures in ways that highlight the effects of linguistic and cultural transfers.

This facsimile edition of Albion W. Tourgee's regimental history of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was first published in 1896. Tourgee, a lawyer and outspoken abolitionist from Williamsfield, Ohio, is best known for his semi-fictional novels about the reconstruction of the South following the Civil War.

Experts on Jacksonian America address the changing views of historians over the past century on a watershed era in U.S. history. A two-term president of the United States, Jackson was a powerful leader who widened constitutional boundaries on the presidency, shaping policy himself instead of deferring to the wishes of congress.

Mines Allen E. Cole's exceptional midtwentieth-century photographic chronicle of African American life and will be an invaluable resource for anyone interested in American history, as well as specialists in African studies, history, sociology, urban affairs, and the photographic arts.

The first biography of the vagabond and hard-boiled writer who rocked Hollywood during the Roaring Twenties.

During the first half of the eighteenth century, Pennsylvania became home to a variety of German-speaking sectarians who rebelled against the oppression of European state-church establishments and migrated to the United States. This book offers a fascinating exploration of one such community.

Tells the story of Frank Dolezal, the only man actually arrested and charged with the infamous ""Torso Murders"" in Cleveland, Ohio, during the late 1930s. In Though Murder Has No Tongue, James Jessen Badal tells a gripping tale of justice gone wrong. It is also a modern story of forensic analysis as compelling as an episode of CSI.

In the summers of 1936 and 1937 the Great Lakes Exposition was presented in Cleveland, Ohio, along the Lake Erie shore. Meet Me on Lake Erie, Dearie! is the fourth instalment in the Cleveland Theater Series by John Vacha and will appeal to those who attended the Exposition or listened to the stories told by their relatives about the two exciting summers during the Depression.

A unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events in out-of-the-way places throughout northwest Ohio.

One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Washington, DC, in 1901 as the Washington Senators. In 1905 the team changed its name to the Washington Nationals. But, fans and newspapers persisted in using the 'Senators' nickname. This title tells the story of this baseball team.

Presents a study of the May 4, 1970, shootings at Kent State University and their aftermath. This title analyzes a group of television documentaries about May 4 and an overview of the legal aftermath of the shootings, including governmental investigations to determine responsibility and how students were affected by these events.

Offers an analysis that deepens our understanding of US-East Asian relations. By examining the connections between culture and nationhood - the gendered nature of concepts like modernity and the role of women in the construction and projection of a nation's identity - this book examines the dual characteristics of nationalism.

Presents the biography of Orlando M Poe, William Sherman's chief engineer and the man whose post-Civil War engineering work changed Great Lakes navigation forever.

Offers fascinating perspectives on the war from two German immigrants. This title is suitable for those interested in ethnicity and immigration.

Contains articles and reviews about Ray Bradbury. This book discusses Bradbury's view of the role of art and aesthetics in our modern technological lives.

Former US Representative John F Seiberling (1918-2008) grew up on his family's estate overlooking Ohio's Cuyahoga River Valley. Seiberling became a leading player in the movement to protect the natural environment and help transform his childhood playground into a federally protected Cuyahoga Valley National Park. This book presents his biography.

Tells the tale of a nineteenth-century black widow. This book deals with story of Minnie Walkup, a young woman from New Orleans who began her life of crime when she was only sixteen years old. It details her remarkable life and criminal activities.

Focusing on the overlapping nature of culture and politics, this title delves into the world of antebellum bohemians and the newspapermen who surrounded them, including Ada Clare, Henry Clapp, and Charles Pfaff, and explores the origins and influence of bohemianism in 1850s New York.

Presents a fresh perspective on the cultural politics of Charles Brockden Brown. This book looks at Brown's later career and his role in the cultural politics of the early national period.

Historical patterns suggest that democratic governments, which often fight wars against authoritarian regimes, maintain peaceful relationships with other governments that uphold political freedoms and empower their civil societies. This title features a collection of essays that examines how democracies maintain relationships.