The author information given is incorrect for the book: "Weeds: Guardians of the Soil" ISBN: 0815972059 This book was authored by Joseph Cocannouer.

I got a copy form the ENMU library, with author as Cocannouer, published in 1950. If this is the same book, I recommend it for every gardner. He explains how to use weeds to bring trace minerals to the root zone of garden plants, including flowers.

Joyce Rebeta-Burditt is my mother and she did not write this book! Someone goofed!

It was with pleasure that I received and read the first pass on the history of this long misunderstood pottery company. Although the author makes a good attempt to document the history he falls a bit short. Many followers of this pottery know the confusion regarding the business relationship between Zanesville Stoneware and Francis Duggan of The Old Pot Shop in Norwalk, Connecticut. Rans had the chance to set the record straight that Zanesville made all the Old Pot Shop marked pots but either chose not to or did not fully understand the relationship. Although this is perhaps the most important aspect of the history for the collector it received a mere short paragraph. The pictures are sufficient and good if one considers that this is the only resource other than original catalogs, but more time spent with lighting would have gone a long way. Good book for the pottery lovers shelf but one that will undoubtedly be improved upon some day.

I am pleased to be associated with this Zanesville book. We are all indebted to Jon Rans that his hard work overcame some unforseen challenges. So, I trust Rans will follow up with a further encylopedic sequel to this real heartland story of history, people, commerce, art and industry during periods of massive cultural changes in America.

Great publication that reflects the brilliance of Jon Rans and his collaborators.
One of the best pottery chronologies ever written considering that most of the records of this company were lost in a couple of trajic fires.

Some of the pictures could be of higher quality and the layouts of the pictures vs. discriptions is a little confusing.

This small book covers the trains of the B&O during the steam to diesel transition period. I really loved the photography, but I didn't know when I purchased it that the books covers such a limited time period. Definitely a worthwhile read, but be aware of what you are buying.

The late Johnny Krause, beloved by many for his contributions to preserving the heritage of steam railroading and the Baltimore & Ohio in particular, has culled the collections of many contributors and given us a great portfolio of the last days of steam operations on the B&O. Notable are the fine photos of the B&O's handsome, powerful, articulated 2-8-8-4 EM-1's as well as the fast 4-6-2 P-7 Pacifics. Not to be overlooked are the veterans of many a mile on the B&O, such as those locos acquired from the old Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railroad, which merged with the B&O in the late 1920's. I could go on and on.... This book is strictly for B&O fans.

Good, basic info on Ohio's rail trails. Only lacking in that the descriptive narrative of each trail may not be sufficient for all prospective riders. Otherwise a good resource.

Biking Ohio's Rail Trails is a fact filled, extremely lucid book on the subject of the RailTrails in Ohio. These are the old abandoned railbeds that are being converted throughout the USA to RailTrails for bikers, walkers, bladers and runners. Shawn's book gives excellent information as to Where the trails are as well as wonderful maps of the RailTrails and how they connect to other biking trails. Mr. Richardson't book is well worth it for anyone who is interested in RailTrails in Ohio. His book is recommeded by "Miami Valley RailTrails. Tom Recktenwalt Miami Valley RailTrails

Thomas is a fine short story author, and Blood Feud does not disappoint. It is that rare American work in which the full horrors of the nation's class, regional, and white ethnic (as opposed to non-white races being shown as the sole victims) persecution are displayed. If its truths did not cut so sharply, it would have been more widely reviewed and better known. Blood Feud is an example that the major presses are all too often reluctant to publish fiction that isn't formulaic and isn't in stride with our eras mores and assumptions. Kudos to the University of Tennessee Press for this one.

BLOOD FEUD is a terrific novel! I was amazed by the beauty of the prose and the narrative's drive. It has detailed descriptions of hard country and hard characters and often is told in the poetic dialect spoken by the southern Ohio hill people. The characters are credible, intense, and larger than life. They completely capture your imagination and emotions. I'd read Thomas's earlier book of short stories, THE PHOTOTROPIC WOMAN, but although they were small masterpieces, they didn't prepare me for the epic sweep and powerful narrative of her novel. It's a historical family tale filled with life. One of the best books I've read in ages. I recommend it to any serious reader.

There is a touch of the melodramatic to Powell's first important work and least well-received, a novel set in turn-of-the-century rural Ohio - but the darkness is sparked with Powell's unmistakeable genius. True, some passages are florid and the prose rather purple, but there is absolutely no other way to tell so perfectly a tale of deception, betrayal, and fates shortcircuited and lives barely endured. The Truelove family is almost gothic in Powell's portrayal, what with their supressed desires and outward conformity to time and place, and inward turmoils worthy of any grand opera. Powell's strength lies in her many detailed characterizations, the main ones of which are an elderly woman at the end of her days, a middle aged housewife suffering with a secret threatening to destroy her, Vera, a precocious young girl with a wisdom beyond her years, Sophie, the young bride of the title who battles her loves for two men, and Anna, Sophie's antithesis, who upheaves the well-guarded secrets that eventually destroy the family. The twists and turns of the plot kept me reading late into the night, and Powell's descriptions of time and place are provocative and weave a lasting spell. This book would be a tremendous introduction to Powell's ouvre, and is likely the truest to life of her many works, written, as it was, while the married Powell was involved with playwright John Howard Lawson.

The Fales Library and the Department of English at New York University cordially invite you to attend the annual Fales Lecture in English Literature. Tim Page, author of Dawn Powell: A Biography will present "Dawn Powell: Bringing Back an American Writer" on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 at 6:30 PM in the Fales Library, 70 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor, New York City.

This is a great book to help one discover Cincinnati and its neighborhoods. There are 12 or 13 walking tours plus one driving tour. Most of the walking tours take place in the city or its neighborhoods and the driving tour is in the suburbs. All tours have a map for easy reference and the route is clearly spelled out.

Each tour is also enlivened with John Clubbe's engaging commentary on architecture, urban planning, and Cincinnati history. Clubbe is not a Cincinnatian and he gives an outsider's prospective on a place some people consider insular. I am a native Cincinnatian and I learned more from this book than any other source about the region's often colorful history.

In my opinion, the best tour is the Mount Auburn tour. This is a beautiful part of our city that many people who have lived here all their life have never visitied. I also enjoyed the west side of downton tour and the driving tour.

The only drawback to this book is it was published 12 years ago. It could use an update. However, as Cincinnatians know, nothing much ever changes here and the book's tours hold up well even with it being over a decade old.

Buy this book. I guarantee you won't be disappointed

Ordered on Monday received on Wednesday. The recycled packaging was a great touch. Thank you

"The Cleveland Indian" of the title is a mesmerizing figure, loosely based on the nineteenth-century Penobscot outfielder, Louis Sockalexis. Luke Salisbury's brawling, brawny King Saturday resembles Sockalexis the most when he is on the ballfield, executing supernatural throws to the plate and hitting sizzling 100 m.p.h. pitches. Then fiction takes over and we are following Saturday and his mild-mannered accomplice, lawyer Henry Harrison, through a labyrinth of gambling schemes and adventures to Cuba and Mexico.

This is a richly entertaining read, although it falls into the tendency of depicting Saturday as a "savage" even when the narrator insists he wasn't as Indian as people thought. Descriptions like "bronzed marauder" as Saturday lays waste to a saloon with a pair of Civil War swords don't dispel the image of a half-man, half-beast. Still King Saturday captivates the two luminous women that Harry also falls in love with, and weaves his spell over all those who come in contact with him, perhaps because he is what Salisbury calls "an ambassador from another world."

I recommend this book for anyone seeking a vivid re-creation of nineteenth century baseball and a good rollicking, bawdy read! It makes the tragic ending easier to bear.

This is a truly appealling adventure, right out of the Doctorow/Carr tradition. For those who are fans ("kranks" in the lingo of the late-1800's), this is a wonderful tale of a spectacular, mysterious ballplayer (an American Indian) and the callow lawyer he befriends. Rich in local color and lore, this novel leads a tangled trail from Cleveland to New York, Boston, San Juan Hill, Mexico, and, finally, the silver mines of Colorado...with the mysterious minions of Standard Oil thrown in for good measure. A really good read from beginning to end.

This is not a review. Terry C. Johnston died today, March 25, 2001, after weeks in the ICU of St. Vincent's Hospital, Billings. Before the life support systems were turned off a while ago, his wife, Vanette, read the last three pages of Wind Walker to the assembled doctors and nurses and family and friends. Then she played the flute, the very flute on the cover of the book, because in the story, one cannot become a wind walker until one has played it. And since he couldn't, she played it for him. His hero, Titus Bass, had always been Terry's alter ego, and in this last novel of the series, Bass dies at the end. Terry had a premonition of his own death, and only three days after the publication of Wind Walker, Terry was operated on and a tumor removed from his intestines. The nurses and doctors struggled for seven weeks against Terry's failing health. Everyone present wept as Vanette read the last pages of Terry's novel.

I was one of Terry's early editors, and a longtime friend, and my wife and I will miss him greatly.

I just found out that Mr. Johnston passed away. I am greatly saddened. I have devoured his books for about 10 years now. I've ready everyone. Does he have any more books in the publishing pipeline that will actually be published? I will greatly miss his writing.

The world is dramatically changing from what mountain man Titus Bass first saw when he climbed, fished, hunted and fought against Indians and Whites in the Rocky Mountains. Three decades ago, hardly anyone not native could be found, but not in the late 1840s - early 1850s, Titus knows not only is he old, his fond world is history as settlers head west.

Titus takes his family north to live his final days with the family of his Crow wife, hoping that some vestige of his independent, solitary elbow room life style could be found. However, though it is the waning years for him, the adventures continue as Titus battles to free a daughter, battle Mormons and nature, and help a desperate wagon train containing his greatest enemy (the dreaded settler). Titus wonders whether he will find the peace he seeks amidst the Crow or will their way of life teeter towards extinction also?

The final novel in the Titus Bass saga shows why Terry C. Johnston is a western writer who has transcended the genre. The story line will please historical buffs and relationship fans as the hero struggles to retain his way of life even as the outside world crushes it. This concluding tale works on multiple levels due to the deep characterization of Titus, friends and family, and many secondary players that keep the cast fresh for long time friends and introduces the key ensemble to newcomers so that they are fully understood. This ability is what makes Mr. Johnston a great chronicler of the first half of the nineteenth century America.

Harriet Klausner

First, few clarifications regarding earlier reviews: Be advised that the editorial review covers both books in this series, and that they have nearly identical titles. The first is 'Building Ohio: A Traveler's Guide to Ohio's Urban Architecture'. The second title is identical if you substitute "Rural" for "Urban". The word "Rural" is a little misleading, as the second book covers small-to-medium-sized cities as well as the countryside.

Regarding walking directions, the books do provide walking directions for small groups of closely-spaced sites. If you want to construct a longer walking tour, then you easily can plan it using the supplied addresses and directions with a city map.

The writing is very well researched, informative, and a pleasure to read. I've driven past many of the Cincinnati landmarks described here without knowing what they were, and it's a pleasure to be able to associate them not only with names and dates, but with stories. It's fascinating to know that modern airport taxi and bus routing, concourses, and baggage handling were pioneered in the design of a grand train station, Cincinnati's Union Terminal. Or, that landscaped cemeteries such as Adolph Strauch's Spring Grove Cemetery used to be popular picnic and party venues before cities started building parks to divert the load. In reading about our architecture, there is much to learn about ourselves. I'm still reading.

Photographs are in black and white. There are many sketches used judiciously to show how a building appeared in the past, or to present city-planning layouts. Not every entry is accompanied by an illustration, which was sometimes disappointing. The author defines her area of interest broadly to cover not just buildings, but landscaping and city design as well.

Building Ohio is a unique book in that it looks at Ohio's architecture from a state wide perspective. Ohio's best architecture can be found in Cincinnati and Cleveland and this book covers both of these cities. However, Building Ohio is the only book I know of that also covers Columbus', Dayton's, Toledo's, Canton's, and Akron's often underrated urban architecture. This alone makes it a valuable and original resource. What I also like about this book is it sometimes gets off the beaten path. This is not just a highlight book of downtown architecture. Jane Ware also explores city neighborhoods and suburbs in search of interesting architecture.

I have lived in Cincinnati for the past twenty years and I found Jane Ware's opinions and writings informed and correct. I would think the one problem with writing a book on Ohio architecture are all the buildings that have to be left out because of space limitations. There are many buildings and neighborhoods in Cincinnati alone that are unfortunately not covered. If, after reading this book, you are interested in a more in-depth analysis of Cincinnati and its architecture, I would recommend Cincinnati Observed.

The one complaint I have with this book is that it is hard to use it as a walking tour since there are no directions between each highlighted building. For example, when I was in Columbus, and walking in the downtown area, I found it hard to follow from building to building since I am not too familiar with downtown Columbus.

Overall, I found this book to be a good buy and a much needed reminder on Ohio's often overlooked architectural legacy.

Building Ohio: A Traveler's Guide To Ohio's Urban Architecture by Jane Ware is an impressive and unique guidebook of Ohio urban architecture. Showcasing the buildings of Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown, Building Ohio is enhanced with a four page listing of credits, an extensive bibliography, and a comprehensive index. Black-and-white photographs coupled with succinct information about historical buildings, great landmarks, distinctive features and much more completely fill the pages of this useful and highly recommended resource for travelers interested in seeing some of the finest architectural constructions Ohio has to offer.