Ohio Books

Hiking Ohio is a comprehensive guidebook that covers all regions, lengths, and types of hikes in Ohio. The photos are especially nice for a guidebook and the maps are excellent. Sidebars are really fun! This would be a good book for the avid hiker.

Excellent source of information, very helpful in Genealogy research.

This most wonderful book should be read by anyone and everyone who has ever been in contact with autism. Whether it's family or acquaintances, you will get so much out of this book.

The effect that an eight-year old boy has on his family during his summer vacation is heart-breaking, joyous, sometimes funny, and eye-opening.

Excellently written, reads very easily. Makes you want to rush out, buy more copies and distribute them to all of your friends (because one coopy is just not enough).

An amazing book. Read it.

This book is amazing! The history is unbelievable. All you Crooksville folk have no idea what you are missing!!!!!

The history of the Islamic faith on the continent of Africa spans fourteen centuries. For the first time in a single volume, The History of Islam in Africa presents a detailed historic mapping of the cultural, political, geographic, and religious past of this significant presence on a continent-wide scale. Bringing together two dozen scholars, this comprehensive work treats the historical development of the religion in each major region and examines its effects." "Designed as both a reference and a text, The History of Islam in Africa will be an essential tool for libraries, scholars, and students of this growing field.
Synopsis
Islam has enlivened life in African communities and has also been molded by its African settings. In this first comprehensive history, scholars identify the role that Islam and Muslims have played in the story of African development. Introductory chapters examine gateways from abroad through which Islam has traditionally influenced Africans. Following sections present overviews of Islamic history in various regions, and discuss important themes that have made an impact on Muslim communities in Africa. Levtzion directs the Council for Higher Education in Israel and teaches history at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Pouwels teaches African history at the University of Central Arkansas. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

This is the story of Jonathan Alder, who was captured by Indians at the age of nine from his home in western Virginia in 1782. He was adopted and lived among the Mingos for 13 years along the Mad River in Ohio. Alder became a respected hunter and warrior and gives a vivid and detailed account of his life among them. He gives a fascinating retelling of his life in a late 18th century Indian village, in an age when white settlers were beginning to push north of the Ohio River from Kentucky and West Virginia in the years after the Revolutionary War and how that increased conflict between the two groups for possession of the Ohio Country led, eventually, to the loss of Indian lands. After the Treaty of Greenville in 1795, Alder leaves the Indians to live in Pleasant Valley, near what is today Columbus, OH, though continuing to live as an Indian. Around 1805, he is persuaded by a friend to travel to Virginia and is reunited with his white family.

Alder's narrative is truly fascinating in all respects. He gives fully detailed accounts of his life among the Indians, from hunting and cooking, to relations with his Indian family which include a genuinely loving and kind mother and father, as well as an abusive sister who is resentful of the white boy and beats him for any infraction. Alder tells of his participation in several horse-stealing raids in Kentucky as well as his part in the Battle of Fort Recovery in 1794, . After Alder leaves the company of the Indians in 1795, he goes on to tell about his relations with the early white settlers in central Ohio and their often strained relations with the remaining Indian population. Although he is reunited with his white family in 1805, and subsequently drops his Indian dress and lives as a white settler, Alder, it seems, is never fully one of them. He views his neighbors through the eyes of one who lived a life far removed from their daily drudgery and often seems to reflect with nostalgia on his Indian days. One gets a sense of forelorn sadness and loneliness in his later years, as though he is the product of a lost time and place. His relationships with both his white and Indian family are intriguing, especially a poigniant encounter many years later with his Indian sister who abused him as a child.

This is a very intereing book and I recommend it highly.

I bought this book because it was something new on the 90th Ohio Infantry and I already owned a facsimile reprint from Higginson Books. There is nothing in the publishing information to indicate this is a reprint. However, Scott Cameron is not the author, but just penned a short (and irrelevant) introduction to the original book written by his great great grandfather. Cameron is also called the editor, but has done precious little in the way of editing. So, if you want a new issue of a decent regimental history, this is for you. If you already own a copy of the original book, keep away from this one.

Originally published in 1890 and long out of print, this book by C.W. Butterfield was the source of many of the myths and legends surrounding one of the most feared and reviled families in American history. It tells the story of the Girty brothers: Simon, Thomas, George, James, and John Turner. While each of these men have their own place in the history of the eastern frontier, one in particular stands out among them.

Simon Girty has long been regarded by historians as a monsterous butcher and murderer. Captured by Indians with his brothers in Pennsylvania in 1756 during the French and Indian War, Simon was adopted by the Seneca tribe and learned the ways of the warrior. After being returned to the white world after the war, Girty became a scout at Fort Pitt, took part in the little known Lord Dunmore's War in 1774 with Simon Kenton, with whom he developed a great friendship, and eventually sided with the Americans during the early years of the Revolution. But in 1778, some say after witnessing one too many cruleties against the native tribes by the whites, Girty defected to the British and began a long and bloody career on the Ohio frontier, and gave birth to a black legend that would last until the present day. Girty personally inspired and led many war parties against the white settlments in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky, leading warriors into battle at Fort Henry, Blue Licks, Sandusky, St. Clair's Defeat, and Fallen Timbers. Today, he is best remembered for his part in the torture and murder of Col. William Crawford at the stake in 1782 following the Battle of the Sandusky near what is today Upper Sandusky, OH.

Simon Girty, as well as his brothers, are complex and mysterious characters that have only recently been given more sympathetic views by modern historians. While it is undeniable that Simon was a cold-blooded killer, his motivations and his loyalties to a people who were being driven from their homeland bares further research. Despite being remembered as a horrible blackguard in the 19th century, he is little-known today. He is, without a doubt, one of the most important forgotten characters of early American history.

I AM AUTHOR OF THIS book of FIELD genelaogy; beginning at Scioto Co O. 1812; my branch coming to Southern ILLIOIS. my basics was with THE PIONEER FIELD FAMILY by E A McKinley at the Scioto Co public library; I have my book, pp copies for sale..: betr@charter.net betty field renshaw 701 s 29th,mt vernon,Il., 62864

This book provides a strong background into the man that ran his life, company and a city by the "Golden Rule". In a time when big business ruled and exploited the American worker with slave wages and no protection, "Golden Rule" Jones reshaped and redefined our ideas of the workplace and in doing so challenged a whole generation of reformers. Marnie provides a very well documented book on "Golden Rule" Jones with a heavy emphasis on his personal and professional struggles throughout his life. It provides a great insight into Sam's pre-success years in OH and PA when he had "Oil on the Brain". A must read for any Human Resource or CEO's in learning how to treat their employees with respect, fair wages and good benefits. This book would also be a great asset for any students of religion, sociology, American studies, urban policies and, or history majors. This book will transform you, and you will be transformed by the ideas of S.M. Jone!