Ohio

The Patrons of Husbandry - or the Grange - is the longest-lived US agricultural society and, since its founding shortly after the Civil War, has had immeasurable influence on social change as enacted by ordinary Americans....

The National Road was the first major improved highway in the United States built by the federal government. Built between 1811 and 1837, this 620-mile road connected the Potomac and Ohio Rivers and was the main avenue to the West....

MacKenzie Palumbo grew up in Ohio with dreams of becoming a ballerina. Dean Bennett itched to get out of the shadow of his charismatic twin brother...

In The Wreck of the America in Southern Illinois: A Flatboat on the Ohio River, Wagner provides a brief description and general history of flatboats and the various reasons they wrecked....

In Ohio Country, 1854, 12-year-old Margaret flees a terrible epidemic devastating her Ohio Seneca clan. When Margaret finds herself suddenly orphaned, she is thrust into the wilderness and an impending winter storm. An unexpected betrayal leads Margaret into servitude....

In this disarming debut, Brian Strause has written a vastly entertaining novel about an American family transfixed by a series of mysterious events. From a comfortable suburb of Columbus, Ohio, emerges a story of rebellion, faith and hope....

Following the Civil War, three entrepreneurial families took their innovative ideas for school chalk from the kitchen stove and transformed them into the American Crayon Company. Color Capital of the World tells this story through the eyes of one of the founding family's descendants....

CHAPPELL AND LILY WHITE LIE ARE RECIPIENTS OF COMMENDATION FROM OHIO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR LITERARY ACCOMPLISHMENTS "Simply brilliant. ...

Sherwood Anderson's most enduring work, Winesburg, Ohio, is considered one of earliest works of modernist literature....

America, 1861. Battle lines have been drawn between the North and the South, pitting state against state - and brother against brother....

“Christmas for Juliet” is a romantic drama with a touch of mystery. After Juliet Sinclair divorces her unfaithful husband, she expects to pick ...

Running from the South to the North looking for their freedom, Joe and Berutha Petersen held hands as they stood with other slaves in the shadows ...

A former intelligence agent and commando in WWII, Reese - who is also a Christian - repeatedly must extricate himself from dangerous situations, both at home and abroad....