Prelude is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together. Introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984 as she experiences SAT test anxiety, Lisa becomes Les Moore’s
Prelude is a collection of the early comic strips that bring Lisa and Les together. Introduced to readers of Funky Winkerbean in late 1984 as she experiences SAT test anxiety, Lisa becomes Les Moore's
Beautifully illustrated with color photographs, a guide to Ohio's prime destinations for fans of great craft beer takes readers on a tour of more than 40 of the Buckeye State's larger and more influen
After conducting more than 200 hours of one-on-one interviews with the owners, employees and patrons of Ohio locations that are said to be haunted, the author—a paranormal researcher—pieced together u
When it came to football in the 1930s, the college sport was king. But in 1933, former boxer and minor league baseball player Art Rooney, who had quarterbacked the squad at Duquesne University, purcha
Overshadowed by the so-called Good War that followed, the Great War—the First World War—captured the imagination of American writers both while the conflict was underway and during the decades that fo
The remote farming community of Murdock, Nebraska, seemed to be the least likely setting for one of the heartland’s most ruthless and bloody double murders in decades. In fact, the little town had gon
Herman Melville’s literary reputation is based chiefly on his fiction, especially Moby-Dick and Billy Budd. Yet he was a gifted poet, as evidenced by his collection of Civil War poems, Battle-Pieces a
A study of Grant’s and Lee’s battles in the weeks before the 1864 election In the fall of 1864, the Civil War’s outcome rested largely on Abraham Lincoln’s success in the upcoming presidential electio
A celebrated diplomat and editor whose outspoken opinions shaped views on the national agenda Born in 1819 in Cincinnati, Donn Piatt died in 1891 at the Piatt Castles that still stand in western Ohio.
This book is an expanded and revised version of a monograph titled Sacred Meaning in the Christian Art of the Middle Ages published in 2004 by the Sacred Landmarks Initiative at Cleveland State Univer
In the summers of 1936 and 1937 the Great Lakes Exposition was presented in Cleveland, Ohio, along the Lake Erie shore just north of the downtown business area. The Exposition was scheduled to commemo
A picture of life in the boxing ring “Few novelists captured the contradictions of his country so simply or so honestly in the metaphor of the pure, fatalistic, and merciless community of bruising.”—f
In 1996 Rene Villarreal returned to Cuba to retrieve his memoir of his life with Ernest Hemingway at the Finca Vigia. Sadly, he learned that the manuscript and photographs had been lost. Determined t
Presents a selection of the "Funky Winkerbean" comic strips that follows the character of Lisa as she copes with a diagnosis of breast cancer, and offers a listing of resources for breast cancer survi
Winner of the 2005 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize“The image evoked by Intaglio, this first collection by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis, rests on a paradox, one perhaps central to the poetic impulse itself:
A memoir brimming with local flavor and political intriguePrior to World War II, women were a rarity in the newsrooms of daily papers throughout the country. The assignments given to those few who gra
In time for the 150th anniversary of the publication of Moby-Dick, this remarkable body if work is sure to impress the literary and artistic communities with its stunning vision of this great American
Conrad Wise Chapman was born in Washington D.C. in 1842. In 1848, his father left his career in America and took his family to Europe, settling ultimately in Rome.The younger Chapman could have looked
duty as a Confederate soldier who served in three theaters of the war. Chapman's firsthand knowledge is evident in his work. Ben Bassham has written both a critical study of Chapman's art and biograph
While the main action of the Revolution swirled along the Atlantic seaboard. Ohio was a no man’s land between the Colonists’ Fort Pitt and the British Fort Detroit. A campaign to neutralize Detroit an
An intimate look into the daily life of a cavalry officer serving with the Army of the Potomac In May 1863, eighteen-year-old William Brooke Rawle graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and tra
The Cleveland Browns set the standard by which all professional football teams were measured in the 1940s and ’50s, but when they won the National Football League championship in 1964 it came as a sur
To be published simultaneously with Prelude, The Last Leaf is the sequel after Lisa’s death from breast cancer in Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe. The Last Leaf recounts how Les and family cope with Lisa
To be published simultaneously with Prelude, The Last Leaf is the sequel after Lisa’s death from breast cancer in Lisa’s Story: The Other Shoe. The Last Leaf recounts how Les and family cope with Lisa
Three years before Brian Sipe began his magic with the Cleveland Browns, Bill Fitch and his band of Cavaliers brought a buzz to Northeast Ohio basketball that fans had never seen before. Despite a rou
The 27th United States Colored Troops (USCT), composed largely of free black Ohio men, served in the Union army from April 1864 to September 1865 in Virginia and North Carolina. It was the first time
The best essays by one of the leading experts on the Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War, a military rebellion supported by Hitler and Mussolini, attracted the greatest writers of the age. Among t
“Ohio Colossus takes you on a unique journey from Jim Rhodes’s coal village beginnings to the governor’s mansion and beyond, offering a close-up view of a man we Ohioans will forever remember as ‘the
The Toledo Mud Hens—a farm team for the Detroit Tigers—once had a budding pitcher named Ed Crankshaft. At least that’s how partners in cartooning, writer Tom Batiuk and artist Chuck Ayers, scripted th
Letters from the Spanish Civil War provides a unique perspective into the motivations that led a young man from the American heartland to defy U.S. neutrality and travel to Spain to fight in defense o
Did the Mad Butcher of Cleveland also strike in Pennsylvania? From 1934 to 1938, Cleveland, Ohio, was racked by a classic battle between good and evil. On one side was the city’s safety director, Elio
New evidence discovered in a 130-year-old mystery Upon discovering that her great-great aunt was the victim and central figure in one of Illinois’s most notorious crimes, author Susan Elmore set out t
I m moved by the way that Carolyn Creedon s work treats experience as sacred. She won t look away from difficult truths. She writes frankly about her own frustrations, longings, and heartbreaks, but s
A rare behind-the-scenes look at how Cleveland’s top toques entertain at homeHave you ever wondered what your favorite local chefs cook at home? What they prepare for their own family and friends? Wha
Ohio Outback is a compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for twenty-two years. Smith offers a portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events i
Raymond DeCapite’s second published novel, A Lost King, has been described by Kirkus Reviews as a “small masterpiece, so unique in spirit and style.” If the mood of The Coming of Fabrizze is joyous, t
Howard Metzenbaum’s Senate years“Profile in Courage is only one of the profiles drawn in this striking book. It is also a profile in passion for rectitude and a profile in persistence in battling for
One of the most colorful, controversial, and misunderstood public figures of the 19th century“The most hated man in New England,”as critics dubbed him on the eve of the Civil War, Caleb Cushing, brash
Although he was a successful businessman in Newark, Ohio, prior to the Civil War, Charles Dana Miller understood the necessity of leaving his business and his home to take part in one of the nation's
