No comments about Hewitt Family of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and Allied Families: Cochran, Davis, Durham, Edwards, Fisher, Gulick, Hall, Hull, Jacks, Kennedy, Kenny, Kyle, Morrison, Piersol, Schmidt, Terhune, Williamson and Wood.

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2 comments about Written On The Hills (Ohio History & Culture Series).

1. I was enthralled with this book. It brings together geography, history, and the people of Akron. I truly enjoyed it!



2. This book describes in detail the "why"s behind Akron's crooked streets and abandoned canals. A complete overview of the growth of this industrial midwest city from before its founding up to 1996.

No comments about John Hobbs, 16??-1731: A genealogy of the Hobbs family of Ohio.

1 comments about The Forman genealogy.

1. After reading this book, one realizes how bad things must have been in the British Isles,(for the common person) to force them to endure a transatlantic crossing. The thinking must have been, "It can't be any worse then what we are experiencing here".
   A must read for the genealogist researcher.

No comments about The Isaac Haskins Family History and Genealogy; Including that of His Son- in-Law Henry (Harry) T. Peck, Wakeman, Ohio.

2 comments about MAIN STREET BLUES: THE DECLINE OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA (URBAN LIFE & URBAN LANDSCAPE).

1. This book is not a nostalgic paen to the place of small towns in American history. Neither does this book debunk small towns and small town values. Instead it is an example of an increasingly rare commodity: a gracefully written, perceptive, interesting, anlytical, narrative history, a book that is at once academically sound and also appealing to a more general reading public.

   The task that Davies sets for himself is to write a history of his home town that is true to the town and its peoples and, simultaneously, sets Camden, Ohio squarely in the economic, social, and political milieu of 19th and 20th century America. As I read the book I had the sense that Davies was employing a highly calibrated, zoom lens microscope to look at Camden. At 200 power, Davies was able to analyze the uniqueness of Camden and its denizens at a particular time. Then, very quickly, he zoomed out in order to see and describe Camden against its larger background. So, the reader (at 200 power mafnification) is able to understand the impact of early movie theaters on the economic and social life of Camden. Then (zoomed out), the reader can understand how Camden's experience fit into that of other small American towns.

   A historian has to be a real pro in order to apply successfully this approach. Davies is. He has read widely in sociology, anthropology, economics, and history. He plumbed the archival materials for Camden. He writes clearly with insight, verve, and control. And the title, Main Street Blues, captures just the right tempo and key for the story he has to tell.




2. As a person who grew up in small town South Dakota America, I share the pain of those who return to look over the ugly demise. But, I wanted to know the many reasons why this decline happened (and stop listening to the simplistic reasons offered by the Wal-Mart haters). So, I perused Amazon and came upon this well-researched gemstone. The downward slope is carefully laid out for the curious readers who are barbed, daily, by not only wanting answers, but needing answers. I highly recommend this work!

No comments about At home on the hill: The Perkins family of Akron.

No comments about Jewish Farmer in America: The Unknown Chronicle.

No comments about A Genealogy of Eber and Lydia Smith Baker of Marion, Ohio, and Their Descendants.