Coming in early 2025!
Tales of Ohio's Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad was a macabre dance between good and evil, and in the upside-down world of pre-Civil War America, the law was firmly on the side of evil. In Ohio, communities of scofflaw abolitionists guided freedom seekers by the use of beacons and signals, constructing tunnels and secret rooms and creating the popular song "Darling Nelly Gray," which was sung by both Union and Confederate troops. Ohioans also played a role in giving the Underground Railroad its name. Many heroes, both Black and white--from John Parker, William Mitchell and Sally Hudson to John Rankin, Levi Coffin and John Mahan--risked and sometimes sacrificed their lives for the cause. Join the father-and-daughter writing team of David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker as they explore secret tunnels, hidden rooms, coded messages and other truths, half-truths and outright lies about the "Upperground Railroad," as Frederick Douglass argued it should be rightfully called.
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What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
YOU CAN KICK THE BOY OUT OF THE BAND... Some fifty years after Zack Black & the Blues Attack broke-up, the surviving members of the band still hadn't come to terms with it. For Wes Kennedy and Evan Bishop, the wounds still hadn't healed. But things were different for Will Black even since he met Audrey Taylor, Zack's beautiful and wealthy widow. You might say his life had landed "jelly side up." Although he was ready to move on, the past just wouldn't let him. BUT YOU CAN'T KICK THD BAND OUT OF THE BOY!
Original Ohio: Dreamsville, The Magic City & Other Historic Ohio Communities
Every community begins with a dream - a dream of a better life. Home to thousands of settlements extending as far back as 13,000 years ago, Ohio has seen most of its architectural history fall to the wrecking ball. But there is still history all around if we know where to look. Located south of Dayton, SunWatch is the best-known Fort Ancient Indian village in the United States. On the other side of the state, Marietta is the oldest permanent settlement in the Northwest Territory. About fifty miles southeast of Cincinnati, antebellum Ripley grew to prominence as a bastion of abolitionism. Dennison, also known as Dreamsville, was born virtually overnight thanks to the railroads. Authors David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker reveal twenty-one communities where the Ohio story can still be seen.