From 1940 to 1970, Cincinnati overflowed with musical opportunities. Hank Williams recorded his hit “Lovesick Blues.” Andy Williams, Rosemary andBetty Clooney, and Doris Day appeared regularly on WLW Radio, which also broadcast Boone County Jamboree. Then came the network television showMidwestern Hayride and stardom for Kenny Price. Meanwhile, King and Fraternity Records released hundreds of hits for James Brown, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, Cowboy Copas, Lonnie Mack, and the Casinos. In the late 1960s, the Lemon Pipers sang “Green Tambourine,” and rock bands ruled Coney Island’s Moonlite Gardens. It was a wild, incredible ride while it lasted, and it left such an indelible impression that today Cincinnati is remembered as one of America’s top music capitals.

The Cincinnati Sound (Images of America: Ohio)

Randy McNutt

Humor & Entertainment

Arcadia Publishing

A fascinating look at Ohio’s forgotten history Take a leisurely tour across the Buckeye State with author Randy McNutt to a massive swamp that swallowed pioneers’ wagons, a haunted prison, a faded German utopia, a town where they still chase horse thieves, a marriage mecca, a village where Buster the dog voted Republican, and a myriad of abandoned “ghost towns” and small cities. In Lost Ohio McNutt, who has devoted his career to uncovering forgotten Ohio and its spirited inhabitants, continues his travels around the state in an attempt to discover vanishing traces of our lives―celebrations, motels, road art, drive-in theaters, traditions, inventions, folk tales, battlefields, and forts. His journeys rediscover missing pieces of our past that reflect a state of mind as well as a collection of landscapes. McNutt’s vanishing Ohio is a place where rural America converges with small cities and fading history and disappearing culture, lost to burgeoning technology, global economy, technological immediacy, and time. He visits Fizzleville, Sodaville, and Footville; the hollow, metal globe that is the final resting place of Captain John C. Symmes, who theorized that the earth was hollow and access to the core was through the polar caps; the Mansfield Reformatory, Ohio’s largest and toughest haunted house; Waynesville, home of the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival; and Harry Dearwester, the “carny” who guesses peoples’ weight with 90 percent accuracy. This serious but offbeat journey around Ohio will appeal to those interested in heritage tourism, Americana, Ohio history and lore, and back roads and smalltown life.

Lost Ohio: More Travels into Haunted Landscapes, Ghost Towns, and Forgotten Lives

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The Kent State University Press

All About Ohio takes readers on a journey through the culture, sports, people, and landscape that make up the state of Ohio. From the popular Armchair Reader series, this collection of Ohio anecdotes, legends, and secrets is designed to entertain readers of all ages. Ohio s proximity to Lake Erie, rich soil, and natural resources fueled its growth into an industrial giant. The Buckeye State s industrial might included steel, cars, building materials, and rubber products. Plus, Ohio is the home of eight U.S. presidents and many other distinguished Americans. Readers can discover the many sides of Ohio as they learn about its unique historical events, culture, urban legends, food, and mysteries. Each topic in All About Ohio spans just a few pages, so you can pick up the book anywhere, anytime to learn interesting trivia about the state. All About Ohio features: A wide variety of Ohio trivia presented in a concise and entertaining format. Information on Ohio celebrities, from Annie Oakley to John Glenn to Cy Young. Ohio s urban legends, detailing stories of the Little Bo Peep Killer, the Hatchet Man, and Crybaby Bridge. Fast facts pages that give a quick rundown of unusual statistics on Ohio sports, politics, history, and more. Buckeye State culinary contributions, including Chef Boyardee, the Hungarian hot dog, and the Hanky Panky. You Can Thank Ohio, paying homage to the automatic dishwasher, the ice cream bar, and other contributions from the state. Ludicrous Laws on Ohio s books, like the one against selling corn flakes on Sunday in Columbus. Timelines that clarify important and not so important dates in Ohio history.

All About Ohio (Armchair Reader)

Susan Doll

William Martin

Donald Vaughan

Katherine Don

Mary Fons

J.K. Kelley

Susan K. McGowan

James Willis

Phil Trexler

Laurie Dove

Jason Raphael

West Side Publishing

Ohio Civil War Tales offers fascinating stories of rebels and rabble rousers, Morgan's infamous raiders, newspaper warriors, angry Copperheads, Underground Railroad conductors, scarred gunboats, politicians and polecats, homicidal maniacs, gadabouts, generals, bounty jumpers, war songs, spies, drummer boys, boot camps, bond salesmen, and other strange and determined characters who inhabited wartime Buckeye land.

OHIO CIVIL WAR TALES: A PRIMER OF COPPERHEADS, HOTHEADS, TINCLADS, ABOLITIONISTS, TRAIN THIEVES, AND QUANTRILL'S MISSING SKULL

Cheryl Bauer

Little Miami Publishing Company

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