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Past Ohioana Book Award Winners in Miscellaneous Categories

Past winners of the annual Ohioana Book Awards in miscellaneous categories no longer recognized.

Year

Honoree

Category

Publication

County

1988

Giovanni, Nikki

Essays

Sacred Cows...and Other Edibles

Hamilton

1988

Blue, Frederick J.

Biography

Salmon P. Chase: A Life in Politics

Mahoning

1988

Tolzmann, Don Heinrich

History

The Cincinnati Germans After the Great War

Hamilton

1987

Matthews, Jack

Essays

Booking in the Heartland

Athens

1987

Cayton, Andrew R. L.

History

The Frontier Republic

Hamilton/Butler

1986

Koch, Freda Postle

Biography

Colonel Coggeshall: The Man Who Saved Lincoln

Franklin

1986

Hutslar, Donald A.

History

The Architecture of Migration

Franklin

1985

Mott, Michael

Biography

The Seven Mountains of Thomas Merton

Wood

1985

Noble, Allen G.

History

Wood, Brick & Stone...

Summit

1984

Edmunds, R. David

Biography

The Shawnee Prophet

not an Ohioan

1984

Joyce, Rosemary O.

Biography

A Woman's Place:...Rural Ohio Grandmother

Franklin

1983

Trautman, Milton B.

Science

(for his works)

Franklin

1983

Friedman, Lawrence

History

Gregarious Saints

Wood

1982

Rugoff, Milton

Biography

The Beechers

not an Ohioan

1982

Marcus, Jacob Rader

History

The American Jewish Woman

Hamilton

1981

Wallace, David Rains

Science

Idle Weeds

Franklin

1981

Millett, Allan R.

History

Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps

Franklin

1980

Ohio Academy of Science

Science

Ohio's Natural Heritage

Franklin

1980

Wagoner, David

Sherwood Anderson

The Hanging Garden

Stark

1980

Fensch, Thomas

Biography

Steinbeck and Covici: The Story of a Friendship

Ashland

1979

Sanders, D. G.

Ohio Scene

The Brasspounder

Perry

1979

Peskin, Allan

Biography

Garfield

Cuyahoga

1979

Unruh, John D., Jr.

History

The Plains Across

Allen

1978

Colinvaux, Paul

Science

Why Big Fierce Animals Are Rare

Franklin

1978

Smith, Thomas H.

History

The Mapping of Ohio

Athens

1977

Canzoneri, Robert

Autobiography

A Highly Ramified Tree

Franklin

1977

Langsam, Walter C.

Social History

The World & Warren's Cartoons

Hamilton

1977

Waldo, Terry

Social History

This is Ragtime

Franklin

1977

Warren, L. D.

Social History

The World & Warren's Cartoons

Hamilton

1976

Mason, Ed

Bicentennial

Signers of the Constitution

Franklin

1976

Mason, Ed

Bicentennial

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Franklin

1976

Laffoon, Polk, IV

Ohio Scene

Tornado

Hamilton

1976

Harvey, Nancy Lenz

Biography

The Rose & the Thorn

Hamilton

1976

Redinger, Ruby V.

Biography

George Eliot: The Emergent Self

Cuyahoga

1975

Condon, George E.

Ohio Scene

Stars in the Water

Cuyahoga

1975

Campbell, Michael

Science

Water Well Technology

Fairfield

1975

Lehr, Jay H.

Technology

Water Well Technology

Franklin

1974

Young, Mahonri Sharp

Arts

The Eight and The Paintings of George Bellows

Franklin

1974

Anderson, Donald F.

Ohio Scene

William Howard Taft

not an Ohioan

1974

Smythe, Donald

Biography

Guerrilla Warrior: The Early Life of John J. Pershing

Lorain

1973

Patterson, James T.

Biography

Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert A. Taft

not an Ohioan

1973

Davison, Kenneth E.

History

The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes

Cuyahoga

1972

Bombeck, Erma

Humor

Just Wait Till You Have Children of Your Own

Montgomery

1972

Lynn, Kenneth S.

Ohio Letters

William Dean Howells: An American Life

Cuyahoga

1972

Taylor, John M.

Ohio Scene

Garfield of Ohio: The Available Man

not an Ohioan

1972

Cummings, Charles M.

Biography

Yankee Quaker Confederate General

Franklin

1971

Manners, William

Ohio Scene

T R & Will

Muskingum

1971

Owens, Jesse

Biography

Blackthink

Cuyahoga

1971

Unterecker, John

Biography

Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane

not an Ohioan

1970

Frost, Lawrence A.

Ohio Scene

The Thomas A. Edison Album

Lucas

1970

Crunden, Robert M.

Biography

A Hero in Spite of Himself: Brand Whitlock

not an Ohioan

1969

Sawyer, Charles

Autobiography

Concerns of a Conservative Democrat

Hamilton

1968

O'Connor, Richard

Biography

Ambrose Bierce: A Biography

not an Ohioan

1968

Eckert, Allan

History

The Frontiersmen

Hamilton

1967

Filler, Louis

Biography

The Unknown Edwin Markham

Greene

1966

Peltier, Leslie C.

Ohio Scene

Starlight Nights

Allen

1966

Mason, Alpheus Thomas

Biography

William Howard Taft: Chief Justice

not an Ohioan

1964

Morgan, H. Wayne

Ohio Scene

William McKinley & His America

not an Ohioan

1963

Sutton, Walter

Ohio Scene

The Western Book Trade

Franklin

1960

Leech, Margaret

Ohio Scene

In the Days of McKinley

not an Ohioan

1959

Sears, Alfred B.

Ohio Scene

Thomas Worthington: Father of Ohio Statehood

not an Ohioan

1958

Kendall, Paul Murray

Biography

Warwick the Kingmaker

Athens

1954

Shinn, Roger L.

Religion

Christianity & the Problem of History

Montgomery

1954

Brown, Rollo W.

Biography

The Hills are Strong

Perry

1954

Macartney, Clarence E.

History

Christianity & the Problem of History

Logan

1953

Radcliffe, Lynn James

Philosophy

Making Prayer Real

Hamilton

1953

Swiggett, Howard

Biography

The Extraordinary Mr. Morris

Brown

1952

Thomas, Norman

Autobiography

A Socialist's Faith

Marion

1952

Schwiebert, Ernest G.

Biography

Luther & His Times

Henry

1952

Catton, Bruce

History

Mr. Lincoln's Army

Cuyahoga

1951

Altick, Richard D.

Literary History

The Scholar Adventurers

Franklin

1951

Akeley, Mary L. Jobe

Personal Experience

Congo Eden

Harrison

1951

Kelly, Amy

Biography

Eleanor of Aquitaine & the Four Kings

Ottawa

1950

Peale, Norman Vincent

Religion

A Guide to Confident Living

Greene

1950

Kantonen, T. A.

Religion

Resurgence of the Gospel (Honorable Mention)

Clark

1950

Rodgers, Andrew Denny, III

Biography

Liberty Hyde Bailey

Franklin

1950

Hanford, James H.

Biography

John Milton, Englishman (Honorable Mention)

Greene/Cuyahoga

1950

Nicholas, Edward

History

The Hours and the Ages: A Sequence of Americans

Franklin

1950

Schlesinger, Arthur

Biography

Paths to the Present (Honorable Mention)

Greene/Franklin

1949

Ostrom, John Ward

Critical

The Letters of Edgar Allan Poe

Clark

1949

Carrighar, Sally

Natural History

One Day at Teton Marsh

Cuyahoga

1949

Harpster, Hilda

Natural History

The Insect World (Honorable Mention{

Lucas

1949

Torrence, Ridgely

Biography

The Story of John Hope

Greene

1949

Wilson, John H.

Biography

The Court Wits of the Restoration (Honorable Mention)

Clark/Franklin

1949

Robinson, Howard

History

The British Post Office

Cuyahoga

1949

Luxon, Norval Neil

History

Niles' Weekly Register (Honorable Mention)

Huron

1948

Crile, George Sr.

Biography

George Crile: An Autobiography

Cuyahoga

1948

Crile, Grace

Biography

George Crile: An Autobiography

Cuyahoga

1948

Livezey, William E.

Biography

Mahan on Sea Power (Honorable Mention)

Belmont

1947

Morgan, Arthur Ernest

Philosophy

Nowhere Was Somewhere (Honorable Mention)

Hamilton

1947

Liebman, Joshua Loth

Religion

Peace of Mind

Hamilton

1947

Cox, James M.

Biography

Journey Through My Years: An Autobiography

Butler

1947

Harrold, Charles F.

Biography

John Henry Newman (Honorable Mention)

Belmont

1947

Havighurst, Walter

History

Land of Promise

Butler

1947

Hibben, Frank C.

History

The Lost Americans (Honorable Mention)

Cuyahoga

1946

Wittke, Carl F.

Biography

Against the Current: Life of Karl Heinzen

Franklin

1946

Adams, Philip R.

Biography

Rodin (Honorable Mention)

Clark/Hamilton

1946

Schauffler, Robert H.

Biography

Florestan (Honorable Mention)

Cuyahoga

1946

Raper, Howard Riley

History

Man Against Pain

Ross

1946

Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.

History

The Age of Jackson

Franklin

1946

Hatcher, Harlan

History

Lake Erie (Honorable Mention)

Lawrence

1945

Hope, Bob

Humor

I Never Left Home

Cuyahoga

1945

McVicker, Daphne

Humor

The Queen Was In the Kitchen

Franklin

1944

Jordan, Philip Dillon

Ohio Scene

Ohio Comes of Age (History of the State of Ohio, Volume 5)

Butler

1944

Seagrave, Gordon S.

War

Burma Surgeon

Licking

1944

Kelly, Fred Charters

Biography

The Wright Brothers

Greene

 


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