Ohio and Its People - Softcover

Knepper, George W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0873385950 ISBN 13: 9780873385954

Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr, 1997

Synopsis

Traces the history of Ohio and looks at the people and events that have shaped it

About this title

From Library Journal

A major, full-length, one-volume history of the Buckeye State. Knepper shows that Ohio has not been dominated by one set of factors over others. Rather its history is that of the most "middle" of the midwestern states. Knepper provides admirable balance in this model state history, beginning with prehistory and ending in the late 1980s. There is sufficient anecdote to make it interesting popular reading and enough detail and interpretation to satisfy a scholar's need for a historical synthesis. With no footnotes, few illustrations, and a ten-page book-only bibliography, it is suitable for high schools and above. Walter Havighurst's Ohio: A Bicentennial History (LJ 5/15/77), a more superficial work, and E.H. Roseboom and F.P. Weisenberger's History of Ohio (1953; Ohio Historical Soc., 1969. rev. ed.), are the only comparable works. Essential for Ohio libraries, and highly recommended for libraries in neighboring states and large public and academic libraries.
- Patrick J. Brunet, Univ. of Wisconsin Lib., La Crosse
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Review

"When this book was first published, our reviewer, Steven Conkle, wrote, '... Knepper's book should be considered a necessary addition to the bookshelves of any writer, historian or lay reader who has even the most transient interest in Ohio history.' His statement still stands."

Edition details

• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873385950
• ISBN 13: 9780873385954
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 532