Author: George E. CondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Cleveland
Author: George E. CondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
CLEVELAND: Prodigy of the Western Reserve
Author: George E. CondonPublisher: Grand Lake Media. LLC
ISBN: 0932986064
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 751
Book Description
“Cleveland: Prodigy of the Western Reserve a pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Cleveland, Ohio” Excerpt From: George E. Condon. “Cleveland: Prodigy of the Western Reserve.” iBooks.
Cleveland
Author: William Dennis KeatingPublisher: Kent State University Press
ISBN: 9780873384926
Category : Cleveland (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
An analysis of the political economy, social development and history of Cleveland from 1796 to the present. As one of the oldest communities in the United States, the author looks at it as a model of transformation for other industrial cities.
Cleveland, Second Edition
Author: Carol Poh MillerPublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253211477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
This highly successful short history of Cleveland has now been revised and brought up to date through 1996, the bicentennial year, including two new chapters, and new illustrations and charts.
Mistakes by the Lake
Author: Brian PetkashPublisher: Madville Publishing
ISBN: 1948692333
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
"Set in Cleveland, Ohio, from its earliest beginnings as a forested frontier to the urban blight of modern times, Mistakes by the Lake is a collection of ten thematically linked stories spanning the many faces of the city's history: A motorman navigates his 1920's back-and-forth trolley until he snaps; A stockyards knocker encounters the Virgin Mary during the 1954 World Series; A wannabe wrestles his unruly mind along the flammable 1960's Cuyahoga River; In a reinvention of Henry IV, a young man must either stick with his bumbling criminal crew or uncover legit ways to support his mother and transgender Gramps."--Amazon.com.
Historic Tales of Medina County, Ohio
Author: Stephen D. Hambley, PhD Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467151106
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Enjoy local stories celebrating family, faith and democratic values. The history of Medina County brims with tales revealing the colorful and admirable character of its communities and people. For a while, locals observed living in two time zones simultaneously while also ignoring a federal law mandating Daylight Saving Time. The world-famous Giant of Seville, Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, had a brief but violent vigilante episode in Civil War-era Kentucky before finding peace and Christianity--and a home--in Ohio. The county's most prominent political family, the Batchelders, had ties to a pig farm in Brunswick that drew national attention and statewide reform. Author Stephen D. Hambley shares insightful and entertaining stories, many never heard before, from Medina County's past.
Misfortune on Cleveland’s Millionaires' Row
Author: Alan F. DutkaPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467117986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Extreme wealth could buy a mansion in Millionaires' Row but not immunity from unsavory business dealings or shameful behavior. May Hanna gave her millionaire ex-husband's hired Pinkerton detectives the slip to sneak out of the country. To escape financial embarrassment, James Potter, the manager of a prominent Euclid Avenue apartment building, gave his family cough medicine laced with poison, killing his entire family including himself. Married to a Millionaires' Row doctor, the infamous con woman Cassie Chadwick posed as Andrew Carnegie's illegitimate daughter and forged a fake $5 million check. Author Alan Dutka delves into sixteen tales of anguish and deceit that offer a startling perspective on Cleveland's super-rich.
Tori in Amerika: The Story of Theodor Kundtz
Author: Christopher EibenPublisher: Ewald Kuntz, Jr.
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Theodor Joseph Kundtz (1852-1937) was born in Metzenseifen, Hungary to Josephus and Theresia Kesslebauer Kundtz. Theodor's father died while he was still young and he was forced into working at a young age. In 1873 he immigrated to America and settled in Cleveland. In 1874 he married Agnes Ballasch. They were later divorced and he then married his niece, Maria T. Ballasch (1867-1946) in about 1885. They were the parents of nine children. Theodor became a prominent businessman in sewing machines and other manufactured goods. In 1902 he was knighted into the Austro-Hungarian order of Franz Joseph. Descendants live in Ohio and other parts of the United States.
Revitalization and the U.S. Economy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic StabilizationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
KNOXVILLE: Crossroads of the New South
Author: William J MacArthurPublisher: Grand Lake Media. LLC
ISBN: 0932986323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
“a pictorial and entertaining commentary on the growth and development of Knoxville, Tennessee” Excerpt From: William J. MacArthur Jr. “Knoxville.” iBooks.