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Presents the collected poems of Gene Stratton-Porter, an Indiana writer and naturalist who is best known for her young adult fiction and other early-twentieth-century novels and nonfiction writings about her midwestern and California environments.

Lt Col Theodore Lyman served as Gen George Gordon Meade's aidede-camp from September 1863 until the end of the Civil War. This work contains anecdotes, vignettes of officers, and descriptions of military campaigns as witnessed by this key figure in the Northern war effort.

From World War I into the 1950s, Ohio was part of the preeminent manufacturing heart of the United States. This work serves as a study of both the state's landscape and people scape. With the addition of sidebars, study questions, a glossary, and a bibliography, it offers an understanding of Ohio's place in the ""new order.

Flora Amelia Stone, born in 1852, was at the center of many charities and organizations that addressed the physical, intellectual, cultural, and spiritual needs of Clevelanders, especially the poor, women, and children. This biography of an influential Clevelander is useful for students of women's studies and the history of philanthropy.

Mickey Donovan grew up on the South Side of Chicago dreaming of becoming a star for the White Sox. Donovan's childhood dream came true in 1919 when he made the team. Despite the fact that he spent most of his rookie season on the bench, it was truly a magical year - until the Black Sox scandal turned it into a nightmare.

Famous for his modernist fiction, Ohio native Sherwood Anderson has long been recognized exclusively as a prose writer despite his prolific published output of poetry between 1915 and 1939. This work underscores Anderson's place in American literature - prose and poetry. It is suitable for modernist scholars, Anderson specialists, and poets.

Telling the story of the White Sox, this book recounts the adventures of ""the Hitless Wonders"" who stole the pennant in 1906 with a team batting average of only .228.

Presents a series of clinically based essays that aim to give voice to a variety of people who, faced with difficult moral choices, and find themselves making disturbing self-discoveries.

Herman Melville had a lifelong fascination with the Pacific and with the diverse island cultures that dotted this vast ocean. The essays in this collection articulate the intersection of Western and Pacific perspectives in Melville's work, from his early writings to Western modes of thought in relation to race and national identity.

Provides contemporary and historical information about Ohio government. This work traces Ohio's political development and the political parties, describes the evolution of the state's political demographics, and profiles the cities and counties of Ohio.

It was during the tumultuous years of the late 1960s and early 1970s that the author turned his attention to the rich history of Oberlin College and its surrounding northern Ohio community. This work includes essays which aim to help put contemporary campus crises and conflicts into historical context.

America's first professional baseball team was established in 1868 - Cincinnati's Red Stockings. This book chronicles each season from the organization's early years, most notably the 1882 American Association pennant and the 1919 and 1940 National League pennants, and World Series championships, including the infamous Chicago White Sox scandal.

Beginning with the organization's early years as the Cleveland Forest Citys, this book covers the 1920 World Series victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and concludes with the excitement of the 1948 pennant race. It also covers Cleveland legends, such as Cy Young, from his days in Tuscarawas County and Canton and his time with the Cleveland Spiders.

Originally published in 1902 by newspaper publishing company, this work tells its story through the soldiers' personal letters, diary entries, and memoirs. It covers the entire life of this regiment, from the formation and early days to the fate of every member at the close of the war.

Provides excerpts from the Herman Melville's manuscript, printer's copy with corrections, the galley proofs with Melville's instructions about the structure of the book, and the page proofs, thereby offering a complete record of one of his books from manuscript to print. This work offers a study of this great American literary figure and his work.

Herbert Woodward Martin's many poetic voices range from quiet lyrics to angry protest poems, from counterpoint structures to prize-winning historical narratives. This work is a combination of traditional poetic forms, the African American musical tradition, and Martin's extensive experience in creating and performing theater and opera.

Locates the power of Ernest Hemingway's fiction in this duality - in the paradoxical compulsions toward destruction and creation, lamentation and hope, and fear and love. The author's investigations into Hemingway's creative method illuminate the map of Hemingway's forbidden country, revealing his writing an expression of present and past.

Looks at the life and work of the Mexican migrant workers, a strong, tightly knit community in their northeastern Ohio home. This work offers photography that captures the migrants' portraits and conveys their great pride in work and family, their struggles and joys.

Takes the reader on a tour across the Buckeye State to a massive swamp that swallowed pioneers' wagons, a haunted prison, a faded German utopia, a town where they still chase horse thieves, a marriage mecca, a village where Buster the dog voted Republican, and a myriad of abandoned ""ghost towns"" and small cities.

Seeks to address various problems, specifically the use of rockshelters by humans through time and transcontinental continuities. This book presents research from several Ohio caves and rockshelters, and is useful to those with interest in local or regional midwestern or midcontinental prehistory.

Celestia Rice Colby, born in Ohio in 1827, had lifestyle options that were relatively straightforward for the typical white female child born in the first half of the nineteenth century. This work describes Colby's life, from her days as the daughter of an Ohio dairy farmer to her relationship with her daughter.

Organized by Colonel August Willich, a former Prussian army officer who led troops during the German Revolution of 1848, Indiana's German 32nd Indiana regiment fought in the Western Theater of the Civil War. This title contains letters that provide insight into the social, political, and cultural dimensions of the war.

Using key canonical science fiction narratives, this book examines the intersection of the literary and scientific cultures of the nineteenth century. It is useful to those interested in nineteenth-century history and literature, cultural studies, the history of science, and science fiction.

David Hunter Strother, also known by his pen name Porte Crayon, arrived as US consul general in Mexico City in 1879. His observations of Mexican society, life, and politics were broad and reflective. This work is of interest to scholars of US-Mexican relations, Mexican history, nineteenth-century American history, and art history.

Focuses on Cleveland's West Side, an area rich in history. This work includes stories of settlement, migration, and development, and describes such characters as ""Ice Wagon"" Kilbane, ""Six O'Clock"" Dorsey, and ""Needles"" McCafferty.

Presents a collection of political remembrances from a longtime Statehouse and Washington bureau reporter. The author tells stories of and on Ohio's politicians and their machinations, including governors (James Rhodes and Mike DiSalle), senators, and congressmen. There are also discussions on Watergate, and the National Press Club.

Fourth and final volume of the Taft papers, this book documents Taft's post - World War II and congressional experiences until his death in 1953. It provides a study of United States political and diplomatic history, Ohio history, and conservative political theory.