You Can’t Be Mexican

Mendez, Frank S.  You Can’t Be Mexican: You Talk Just Like Me. Kent, Ohio; The Kent State University Press, 2005. Kent State University Press began the Voices of Diversity series with Mendez’s memoir You Can’t Be Mexican.  One of the purposes of this series is to make available new and previously published memoirs of the [...]

Ohio Confidential

Boertlein, John. Ohio Confidential. Cincinnati, Ohio: Clerisy Press, 2008. Read about famous and soon-to-be-famous crimes and criminals from Ohio!  Ohio Confidential compiles over 30 notable crime related stories from the state that brought you Warren Harding.   From infamy with its roots in Ohio (Charlie Manson and the Traci Lords affair) to political scandals to random [...]

Brewing Beer in the Buckeye State

Musson, Robert A. Brewing Beer in the Buckeye State, Volume 1: A history of the brewing industry in easter Ohio from 1808 to 2004. Medina, Ohio; Zepp Publications, 2005. Though I like having many books around me, I am a fan of the all-in-one reference guide. With Brewing Been in the Buckeye State, Musson attempts [...]

Farms & Food of Ohio

Suszko, Marilou K. Farms & Foods of Ohio: From Garden Gate to Dinner Plate. New York: Hippocrene Books, 2007. Are you looking for a travel guide/recipe book/local foods manifesto? Then Farms & Foods of Ohio will not satisfy all of your needs, but it may keep you interested. Published by Hippocrene Books, who sells many [...]