In this book, author Marian J. Morton reconstructs the varied landscape of Cleveland Heights' past and present using photographs, maps, postcards, census data, and oral history. Morton is Professor of History at John Carroll University and the author of many articles and books on the Cleveland area, including two other Arcadia titles, Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery and Cleveland Heights: The Making of an Urban Suburb, which won an Honorable Mention for Achievement in Writing from Northern Ohio Living magazine in 2003.