The Ohio Literary Trail : A Guide.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weibel, Betty.

Series:

History & Guide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary landmarks--Ohio--Guidebooks.

Literary landmarks.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts--Ohio--Guidebooks.

Authors, American.

American literature--Ohio--History and criticism.

American literature.

Authors, American--Homes and haunts.

Ohio--Guidebooks.

Ohio.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Ohio Literary Trail

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2021.

Summary:

"The Ohio Literary Trail celebrates the Buckeye State's role in shaping culture and literature worldwide. Along the trail, developed by the Ohioana Library Association, lie historic homes, museums, library collections and historical markers honoring great authors, poets and influencers of the literary landscape. Following the state's five geographic regions for convenient self-guided tours, curious explorers can walk in the footsteps of Harriet Beecher Stowe and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. They can view renowned collections of comics, picture book art and Nancy Drew-themed artifacts. Or they can tour the home and farm of Pulitzer Prize winner and conservationist Louis Bromfield. Compiled with care by Betty Weibel, one of the trail's creators, this guide offers something unique for the armchair traveler and the road warrior alike"--Back cover

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Preface: Things Not Here Anymore

Acknowledgements

PART I: BEFORE YOU GO

1. Getting the Lay of the Land: Ohio's Regions

2. Literary Landmarks, Historical Markers and Festivals: What's the Difference?

PART II: NORTHWEST OHIO

3. Lucas County

Nancy Drew Collection/Toledo Lucas County Public Library

Toledo's First High School and Lucas County Public Library Historical Marker

House of Four Pillars (Theodore Dreiser) Historical Marker (Maumee)

In the Area: Maumee Bay State Park, Storybook Trail (Oregon)

4. Sandusky and Erie Counties

Clyde Museum and Sherwood Anderson Historical Marker

Sandusky Library and Erie County Jail Historical Marker

5. Hancock, Shelby, Van Wert and Paulding Counties

The University of Findlay's Mazza Museum

Lois Lenski Historical Marker (Anna)

The Brumback Library Historical Marker (Van Wert)

Paulding County Carnegie Library Historical Marker

PART III: NORTHEAST OHIO

6. Richland County

Louis Bromfield, Malabar Farm and Historical Marker (Lucas)

Oak Hill Cottage (Mansfield)

7. Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties

Toni Morrison Reading Room at Lorain County Public Library

Helen Steiner Rice Historical Marker (Lorain)

Ohio Center for the Book/Cleveland Public Library

Harvey Pekar Literary Landmark Exhibit at Heights Library (Cleveland Heights)

Home of Superman Historical Marker (Cleveland)

James Mercer Langston Hughes Historical Marker (Cleveland)

The Oxcart Library Historical Marker (North Olmsted)

East Cleveland Public Library Historical Marker

8. Portage and Stark Counties

Reinberger Children's Library Center (Kent)

Wick Poetry Center and Poetry Park (Kent)

Hart Crane Historical Marker (Garrettsville)

In the Area: Wingfoot Lake State Park, Storybook Trail (Mogadore).

Haines House Underground Railroad Museum (Alliance)

9. Lake, Geauga and Trumbull Counties

Daniel Carter Beard Historical Marker (Painesville)

The Second High School and Burton Public Library Historical Marker

Bristol Public Library Historical Marker (Bristolville)

In the Area: Earl Derr Biggers Literary Landmark (Warren)

PART IV: CENTRAL OHIO

10. Franklin County

Thurber House Museum and Literary Arts Center and Historical Marker (Columbus)

Ohioana Library Association (Columbus)

Columbus Metropolitan Main Library Historical Marker

The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &amp

Museum (Columbus)

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute (Columbus)

In the Area: Wilbur H. Siebert Collection Historical Marker (Columbus)

11. Fairfield County

The Wagnalls Memorial Library (Lithopolis)

12. Morrow, Knox and Delaware Counties

Dawn Powell Historical Marker (Mount Gilead)

John Crowe Ransom and the Kenyon Review Historical Marker (Gambier)

In the Area: Alum Creek State Park, Storybook Trail (Lewis Center)

Part V: Southwest Ohio

13. Hamilton and Butler Counties

Harriet Beecher Stowe House and Historical Marker (Cincinnati)

The Mercantile Library (Cincinnati)

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives Historical Marker (Cincinnati)

Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County Historical Marker

In the Area: Amelia Valerio Weinberg Memorial Fountain at Cincinnati and Hamilton Public Library

The McCloskey Museum (Hamilton)

William Dean Howells Historical Marker (Hamilton)

Fannie Hurst Historical Marker (Hamilton)

William Holmes McGuffey House and Museum and Historical Marker (Oxford)

Percy MacKaye and "The Poet's Shack" Historical Marker (Oxford)

14. Montgomery and Greene Counties.

Paul Laurence Dunbar House and State Memorial and Historical Marker (Dayton)

Natalie Clifford Barney Historical Marker (Dayton)

Hallie Quinn Brown Historical Marker (Wilberforce)

Helen Hooven Santmyer Historical Marker (Xenia)

Virginia Hamilton Historical Marker (Yellow Springs)

In the Area: John Bryan State Park, Storybook Trail (Yellow Springs)

15. Brown, Highland and Clinton Counties

The Rankin House (Ripley)

Albert Nelson Marquis/Who's Who Historical Marker (Decatur)

Milton Caniff Historical Marker (Hillsboro)

Wilmington Library Historical Marker (Wilmington)

Part VI: Southeast Ohio

16. Muskingum, Morgan, Athens and Washington Counties

Zane Grey and National Road Museum and Historical Marker (Norwich)

In the Area: Dillon State Park, Storybook Trail (Zanesville)

Frances Dana Gage Historical Marker (McConnelsville)

Western Library Association, 1804-Coonskin Library Historical Marker (Amesville)

Putnam Family Library/Belpre Farmers' Library Historical Marker

17. Hocking, Ross and Meigs Counties

Grandma Gatewood Memorial Trail (Bloomingville)

Tessa Sweazy Webb Historical Marker (Logan)

Burton Egbert Stevenson Historical Marker (Chillicothe)

Dard Hunter Historical Marker (Chillicothe)

James Edwin Campbell Historical Marker (Pomeroy)

In the Area: Ambrose Bierce Historical Marker (Reedsville)

18. Belmont and Jefferson Counties

William Dean Howells "Dean of American Letters" Historical Marker (Martins Ferry)

James Arlington Wright Historical Marker (Martins Ferry)

In the Area: Andrew Carnegie/Carnegie Library of Steubenville Historical Marker

Part VII: Celebrating Today'S Books, Writers And Readers

19. Literary Festivals Around Ohio

Northwest Ohio: Claire's Day

Northeast Ohio: Buckeye Book Fair

Central Ohio: Ohioana Book Festival.

Southwest Ohio: Books by the Banks

Southeast Ohio: Spring Literary Festival

Appendix A

Appendix B

Sources

About the Author.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781439672631

1439672636

OCLC:

1251446472