Ohio Books

Former Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter/columnist Russell Schneider has penned a number of books on the history of the Cleveland Indians , a club he covered for the newspaper from 1964-1977, and this could be the grand-slam of the bunch.

Combining coverage from the magical 1948 season, with research that included interviews with a dozen players and legendary Tribe pitcher - and coach on that club - Mel Harder, Schneider brings the memories to life in a wild run to the American League pennant and World Series victory.

Flamboyant team owner Bill Veeck assembled a club that included five players who appeared in the All-Star Game - shortstop Lou Boudreau, third baseman Ken Keltner, second baseman Joe Gordon and pitchers Bob Lemon and Bob Feller - with Boudreau ultimately winning league MVP honors.

But it was the signing of perhaps the greatest pitcher ever on July 7 that made the difference. In 21 games as a reliever and starter, Satchel Paige turned in a 6-1 mark and 2.48 ERA in nearly 73 innings. The club defeated the Boston Red Sox in a one-game playoff for the league title and beat the pesky Boston Braves in six games for the world championship. In the three title games played in Cleveland, the attendance figures were 70,306; 81,897 and 86,288.

The foreward is written by former Plain Dealer sports editor and baseball historian Hal Lebovitz, which makes for a solid double play for fans living in northeast Ohio, though the coverage should be of interest to any fan of the "Grand Old Game."

Malina reads three very cool writers here -- Samuel Beckett, Christine Brooke-Rose, and Angela Carter. Their challenging novels grow more fascinating as Malina explores their uses of metalepsis.

(This is a very useful term from narrative theory. When the characters in the movie "Pleasantville" get sucked into the television and start living the lives of '50s sit-com characters -- that's metalepsis. They've left one narrative level and entered another.)

Malina shows that these writers have been playing sophisticated versions of this game for years. Metalepsis gives their novels uncanny power to invade a reader's life, and it raises wild questions about the political potential of fiction -- and the nature of reality itself.
Coolness, in short.

This book is full of great photos of Cleveland and tidbits of Cleveland history. Highly recommend for anyone interested in the history of Cleveland. The genealogist will find this a great addition to their collection. Great for putting that family history in context.

I picked this book up as an overview into the Brothers Grimm (I'm an engineering student with an idle curiosity), and I was satisfied with what I got. The book starts out with a short biography of the brothers lives', then examines their interest in folklore, myth, epic tales and the German language, along with how these topics fit together for the brothers and the significance each had. The final section is an overview of scholarly opinions of folktales in general and the Grimms' work specifically.

This is a baised review because I'm related to one of the authors. I dearly loved this book and gave it away as Christmas presents when it came out. I've lived in Brown County most of my life and really enjoyed finding out about all the different things that happened here and the famous people that came from Brown County.(For example: President Grant, John Rankin, August Kautz, Charles Young, Thomas Hamer and many more.) I have a few other books from the same publisher about other parts of Ohio but this book was different in that there seemed to be so much more information. I suggest this book for anyone that grew up in Brown County or has visited one of it's many historical sites.

even though this book is not available through amazon as new, I ordered it in paperback form through a competitor and give it 5 stars, I noted "strange weather" in my title because storms of this severity are not common to Ohio, and are extremely rare for southeast michigan, where I am, although not much is mentioned about Michigan, because, as usual, Michigan missed this one, but it came close.The book starts off good with the causes, from a weather watchers view of how it all came about,brief explanation, but it is there,a necessity if you are really interested in weather and understand it, and follow it.The book gives a lot of story to people in different situations in the storm and how it affected them and some of the things they endured,Iknow this storm had to have an effect on western Pennsylvania and there is some mention of it in the book, I would've liked more, but then again, it's about Ohio, not Pennsylvania, see, at the time I was a 2 year old in Altoona, and from old pictures of me at the time, I belive this was the storm that these pictures of me were taken in.Speaking of pictures, there is a section in the book with some old black and white pictures shown of several locations in Ohio, from small town to big cities.It's too bad there aren't more books like this about some big winter storms.This is a good book to have if you like reading weather stories.A couple of the more interesting things mentioned are that many people got around on horses and farm tractors and upside down kitchen tables being pulled by someone or something because the cars couldn't make it.

This book is a must have for any serious student of Ohio, military, Civil War, or Gettysburg Campaign history . . .
Contains a brilliant assortment of the different soldiers hailing from the Buckeye state who fought amongst the rocks and dells of Adams County, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1863.
Baumgartner proves his mettle as one of the premiere documentary historians of the modern era, building from his previous author/co-authorship's with his work at Blue Acorn Press, he masterfully joins original accounts, period photography and significant historical insight to the campaign which saw one of the bloodiest battles on American soil.
To own this work (any of the Strayer/Keesee/Baumgartner works) is to own a piece of history ...

I have an original copy of this wonderful book. You will find pinches and dashes and teacups for measurements in this volume. It even tells how to stoke the fire! I make the bread pudding recipe and it is a favorite with my family. In using this book you might have to do some trial and error for the degrees and the measurments for the recipes. For example Tea cups usually hold 4oz and not 8oz. It true fun for the kitchen, and the housekeeping is an interesting look at yesteryear. And we think that housework is hard now...NO WAY!!!!

This is a comprehensive book detailing the most exciting games in Ohio State history! The pictures are amazing and listening to the CD makes you feel like you were there! This is a must have for any Buckeye fan.

My mother bought this book and loaned it to me to read. If I had a daughter, I would give it to her to read. These women are the unsung heroes of time and history. From frontier days to modern civilization, women have always been the backbone of any social change. Women have fought for equal pay, equal rights and better working conditions. Women have fought for the right to vote. They fight to better society. They fight to keep the family farms. They raised children and worked in factories to keep food on the table. They may have been subjected to men and laws ~~ but they have always fought to have a better life.

This book is very inspiring. Buckeye women are strong and intelligent women who didn't let prejudice stop them from achieving their goals. They fought for what they believed in. And some of the Buckeye women have moved onto the national platform ~~ bringing Ohio into the forefront of history. It's a fascinating read ~~ very insightful and for those who don't care for long descriptives, this book is brief and straight to the point. I didn't feel like they've left anything out ~~ in fact, this book has piqued my interest in Ohioans and read more on Ohio history. It's a fascinating look into time. It also makes me very thankful that my foremothers fought to give me better opportunities in life ~~ it's a book that everyone should read.

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