The Kent State University Press: 559 books
Above The Thunder
Reminiscences of a Field Artillery Pilot in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2008
An extraordinary memoir of an aviator’s service in the Pacific Theater
“If you’re looking for macho, fighting-man talk, you’ve picked up the wrong book. . . . This is just an honest narration of some of my experiences . . . during my service in the U.S. Army between 1940 and 1945.”
—Raymond...
The Heart's Truth
Essays on the Art of Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
“Cortney Davis has an uncanny ability to give voice to the profound act of everyday nursing and its power in transforming the lives of people. Somehow, she sees the shadows and ghosts that fill our bodies and souls and makes sense of them, showing us that the divide between patient and provider...
by Franklin Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
First published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons in 1949, Franklin “Whitey” Lewis’s The Cleveland Indians begins with the organization’s early years as the Cleveland Forest Citys, covers the 1920 World Series victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers, and concludes with the excitement of the 1948 pennant...
Classic Tribe
The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Indians History
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2009
A countdown of the Cleveland Indians’ greatest games
It’s far too easy to allow the national media and disparaging fans to undermine Clevelanders’ views of their professional sports teams. While the Browns, Indians, and Cavaliers have certainly caused more than their fair share of frustration...
You Stink!
Major League Baseball's Terrible Teams and Pathetic Players
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
A satiric look at the jeer-ful side of our national pastime
There are countless volumes celebrating the best teams in professional baseball. Unfortunately, winning represents only one side of the game. For every champion’s record-setting season, there has been an equally memorable story of...
by Shirley Povich
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
A facsimile edition of the celebrated 1954 history of the Senators
Shirley Povich’s history of the Washington Senators originally appeared in 1954 as part of the popular series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose and delightful narratives, the...
by Frederick G. Lieb, Stan Baumgartner
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
A facsimile edition of the 1953 history of the Philadelphia Phillies
Fred Lieb and Stan Baumgartner’s history of the Philadelphia Phillies was originally published in 1953 as part of the celebrated series of major league team histories published by G. P. Putnam. With their colorful prose...
Connie Mack
Grand Old Man of Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Fred Lieb’s biography of Connie Mack was originally published in 1945 as part of the celebrated series published by G. P. Putnam. Known for their lively prose and engaging narratives, these Putnam books have become prized collectibles among baseball readers and historians.
Cornelius McGillicuddy...
Opening Day
Cleveland, the Indians, and a New Beginning
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
“Opening Day offers great players, high stakes, and the hinge of history turning as a new era in Cleveland sports begins. Knight exhaustively chronicles the first game at Jacobs Field against the Mariners and it is clear that a whole different brand of Cleveland Indians has come to Cleveland.”—Bill...
by Lee Allen
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2006
First published in 1948, Lee Allen’s history of the Reds, like Franklin Lewis’s history of the Cleveland Indians, was originally published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Allen narrates the historic organization’s success, beginning shortly after the Civil War with baseball’s rising popularity among...
Orlando M. Poe
Civil War General and Great Lakes Engineer
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2009
The first biography of Sherman’s chief engineer and the man whose post–Civil War engineering work changed Great Lakes navigation forever
Orlando M. Poe chronicles the life of one of the most influential yet underrated and overlooked soldiers during the Civil War. After joining the Union...
Wanted on Warrants
The Fugitive Safe Surrender Program
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Since 2005, the Fugitive Safe Surrender (FSS) program has been implemented in more than twenty cities around the country. Tens of thousands of individuals with active warrants for their arrest have voluntarily surrendered to law enforcement in a church or other neutral setting. The sites are transformed...
A Passion for The Land
John F. Seiberling and the Environment Movement
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Akron native and former U.S. Representative John F. Seiberling (1918–2008) grew up on his family’s estate overlooking Ohio’s Cuyahoga River Valley. Within his lifetime, Seiberling would become a leading player in the movement to protect the natural environment and help transform his childhood...
Cultural Variability in Context
Woodland Settlements
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011
Cultural Variability in Context, a collection of papers presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in April 1989, documents and explains the varied settlement and subsistence practices found in the prehistoric mid-Ohio Valley during the Woodland Period, ca. 1000 B.C.-A.D....