No marks noted in text. Binding is sound. Light wear on cover. . . . . . Secrets in the Mist is the true story of Brown's Island a small island in the Ohio River between the states of Ohio and West Virginia. On December 15, 1972, a horrific explosion shook the construction site of a state of the art coking facility being built for Weirton Steel. Residents on both sides of the reiver felt the reverberations. The ensuing dire and destruction took the lives of nineteen men. After talking to over a hundred people, Jane Kraina and Mary Zwierzchowski, found intriguing accounts from a variety of ... View More...
Signed and/or inscribed by Author. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Gently read if at all. . . . . . . . Author Robert Krumm is a retired newspaper publisher with over 36 years of experience, including 22 years at the helm of Wauseon's newspaper, the Fulton County Expositor. He is the recipient of over 20 state and national journalism awards, former chairman of the Buckeye Press Association, and author of the book Crumbs from the Cracker Barrel. A passion for history led to a re-examination of his community's roots. Krumm worked with an extensive photographic arc... View More...
CLEAN!! No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Appears to have a vintage rebinding. Excellent specimen of this historic tome. View More...
No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. . . . . . . PART I: The Life of Bayard Taylor -- PART II: Early Libraries in Kennett Square -- PART III: The History of the Bayard Taylor Memorial Library. . . . . . . Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 ? December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. As a poet, he was very popular, with a crowd of more than 4,000 attending a poetry reading once, which was a record that stood for 85 years. His travelogues were popular in both the ... View More...
No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. . . . . . Describes the flood of the Little Kanawha River basin and the provides details of the devastation and death View More...
1961 Reprint. No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Crease on top corner of pages. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Causes of warfare -- 2.) The expeditions against the Indians -- 3.) Indian movements and their first conflict with the troops -- 4.) Custer's troops take to the trail -- 5.) Custer divides his command and Reno engages the Indians -- 6.) Custer's last battle -- 7.) Reno battle renewed by the Indians -- 8.) The march of Generals Terry and Gibbon and their arrival at the battleground -- 9.) The return to Bismarck-Comanche saved! -- 10... View More...
New and unsued. Discounted because 4 pages were creased in shipping. Love's never easy, even in easier times, like the 1950s and 1960s in the Ohio Valley. The steel industry was booming. Second-generation immigrant families were reaching for the American middle class. And Catholic schools-made feasible by selfless Catholic nuns-promised bigger lives for everyone, including Jack Clark and Laurie Carmine. As they spent years searching for their separate futures, though, they were also stumbling toward love just as their world came crashing down. For readers of The World Played Chess by Robert Du... View More...
CLEAN!! No marks. Might as well be new. Appears unread. From private collection, dust cover is in archival mylar. . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Mather, First Citizen of Cleveland, brings to life a world of incredible wealth, personal accomplishments, and great generosity by pioneers of the Industrial Revolution, many of whom lived on the fabled Euclid Avenue during the Gilded Age of Cleveland. These magnates of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were leaders in making Cleveland a national forerunner in the steel industry. They also spearheaded citywide efforts to address the socia... View More...
No marks noted in text. Binding is tight and square. Gently read. Light wear / small crease on cover. Includes program for the 3 day Homecoming Fiesta in Steubenville in 1984. In addition there are apx 40 pages of the history of Steubenville as shown through its historic buildings and homes as well as it's most famous citizens. View More...
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