"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a people who valued being ordinary."
So begins Sue Bender's story, the captivating and inspiring true story of a harried urban Californian moved by the beauty of a display of quilts to seek out and live with the Amish. Discovering lives shaped by unfamiliar yet comforting ideas about time, work, and community, Bender is gently coaxed to consider, "Is there another way to lead a good life?"
Her journey begins in a New York men's clothing...
"I had an obsession with the Amish. Plan and simple. Objectively it made no sense. I, who worked hard at being special, fell in love with a peopl...
Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose from poverty to become two of the most powerful men in America. They controlled the country's largest railroad system--a network of track reaching from the Atlantic to Salt Lake City and from Ontario to the Gulf of Mexico. On the eve of the Great Depression they were close to controlling the country's first coast-to-coast rail system--a goal that still eludes us. They created the model upper-class suburb of Shaker Heights, Ohio, with its unique...
Invisible Giants is the Horatio Alger-esque tale of a pair of reclusive Cleveland brothers, Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen, who rose fr...
"Morbidly fascinating and wickedly entertaining." -- The Plain Dealer
The second volume in Bellamy's popular series includes 13 more incredible true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including . . .
- Martha Wise, Medina's not-so-merry widow, who poisoned a dozen relatives with arsenic--including her own husband, mother, brother, niece, and nephews--because she enjoyed attending funerals;
- The legendary Torso Murders, which baffled Cleveland safety directory Eliot Ness, two Cuyahoga County coroners, and the entire Cleveland police force as they tried in vain to catch the...
"Morbidly fascinating and wickedly entertaining." -- The Plain Dealer
The second volume in Bellamy's popular series includes 13 more incredible t...
"Bellamy writes with razor-edged wit and his own particular brand of charm." -- Medina County Gazette
The third book in this popular series delivers 25 more incredible but true stories of Cleveland crime and disaster, including:
- Crotchety old vigilante Jarvis Meach, who shot down robbers in cold blood with his beloved shotguns, "Old Bunty" and "Little Pet."
- Medina's Wickedest Stepmother, Mary Garrett, who locked her stepdaughters in their bedroom, set fire to the house, and did all she could to get the furniture out unharmed.
- The horrible Ashtabula Bridge Disaster, which...
"Bellamy writes with razor-edged wit and his own particular brand of charm." -- Medina County Gazette
"Fascinating and yes entertaining . . . often in a bizarre way that leaves the reader feeling guilty for being so entertained." -- Medina County Gazette
The fourth volume in John Stark Bellamy's classic Cleveland crime and disaster series features 26 more gruesome, horrible, tragic, and despicable--but true--tales, including:
- Love-crazed Clark Hill, who warmed up his teenage girlfriend with an overdose of Spanish Fly in her milk shake;
- The chilling Cuyahoga River scow disaster, in which 16 clinging, drowning men fought so desperately to stay afloat that they dragged each other...
"Fascinating and yes entertaining . . . often in a bizarre way that leaves the reader feeling guilty for being so entertained." -- Medina County Ga...
