Category: Books We Suggest

Dr. John J. GrabowskiDr. John J. Grabowski holds a joint position as the Krieger-Mueller Historian and Vice President for Collections at the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Krieger-Mueller Associate Professor of Applied History at Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland: A Concise History (Cleveland: A Concise History, 1796-1996) Carol Poh Miller, Robert WheelerThe Birth of Modern Cleveland 1865-1930 (Miggins and Campbell, eds.) (The Western Reserve Historical Society publication) 1988Identity, Conflict, and Cooperation: Central Europeans in Cleveland, 1850-1930 David C. Hammack (Editor), Diane L. Grabowski (Editor), John J. Grabowski (Editor) 2002Alabama NorthAlabamaNorth: African-American Migrants, Community, and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-1945 Kimberley L. Phillips 1999Cleveland: A Tradition of Reform by David D. Van Tassel and John Grabowski 1986Greg Deegan – Teacher Beachwood High School and Director of Teaching Cleveland InstituteA Ghetto Takes Shape:  Black Cleveland, 1870 – 1930, by Kenneth L. Kusmer 1978Cleveland: The Best Kept Secret, by George Condon 1967Horse Trails to Regional Rails:  The Story of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland, by James A. Toman and Blaine S. Hayes 1996Tom Suddes – Professor of Journalism Ohio University/Practicing JournalistThe Western Reserve; the Story of New Connecticut in Ohio. Hatcher, Harlan. (Indianapolis, 1949)The Confessions of a Reformer. Howe, Frederic C. (New York, 1925) (Frederick Howe link is here) (Tom L. Johnson chapter is here)Point of View [newsletter]. (Cleveland, 1968 –  ). Edited by Roldo Bartimole.The Life of Mr. Justice Clarke: A Testament to the Power of Liberal Dissent in America. Warner, Hoyt L. (Cleveland, 1959)Progressivism in Ohio, 1897-1917. Warner, Hoyt L.  (Columbus, 1964)Roldo Bartimole – JournalistMy Story. Tom L. Johnson, edited by Elizabeth J. Hauser 1912 (Tom L. Johnson link is here)
Promises of Power. Carl Stokes 1973
The Confessions of a Reformer. Frederic C. Howe. 1925 Tom L. Johnson chapter is here. Marcus Hanna chapter is here.
Silent Syndicate. Hank Messick 1967Mobbed Up. James Neff 1990They Call it a Game. by Bernie Parrish, former Cleveland Browns football player and someone who is still fighting for old time players. (for sports fans a real inside look about pro football with a special look at Art Modell & Browns) 1971More lists on the way