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TALES OF THE WESTERN RESERVE by Shelley Pearsall
Edited by: Bette Lou Higgins
Illustrations by: Josephine T. Davis and Sandra J. Hines
Layout by: Athina D. Crawford and Michael J. Higgins

Table of Contents
The Legend Of The Black Swamp Road
The Bridges Of The Cuyahoga
The Story Of Dunk
Gold In The Reserve
When Scrooge Came To Town

OHIO GHOST STORIES by Shelley Pearsall
Edited by: Bette Lou Higgins
Illustrations by: Josephine T. Davis and Sandra J. Hines
Layout by: Athina D. Crawford and Michael J. Higgins

Table of Contents
Gray Ghosts of Johnson's Island
The Rain Drum
The Haunted Castle
The Last Curtain Call
Erie Mary

THE LADY OF THE LAKE by Bette Lou Higgins and Shelley Pearsall
Illustrated by Sandra J. Hines and Shelley Pearsall
Layout by Athina D. Crawford and Michael Higgins

Table of Contents
Courageous Maebelle Mason
The Rescue
The Lost Ship Amelia
Captain Wight's Big Race
Howlin' Fred

STORIES FROM A CHRISTMAS PAST by Shelley Pearsall and Bette Lou Higgins
Illustrated by Sandra J. Hines
Design by Athina D. Crawford

Table of Contents
Cleveland's First Christmas Tree
School Bells On Christmas Day
Whistling Ben Hanby
Bill Dinwoodie's Story of the Christmas Thief
The Kingsbury Christmas Reunion
The Green Gift

CLASSIC CLEVELANDERS by Shelley Pearsall
Biographical notes by Bette Lou Higgins
Layout by Athina Crawford
Illustrations by Mary McHale

Table of Contents
Mosquitoes, Swamps, and Rattlesnakes...Oh My! (Moses Cleaveland)
Chocolate Pockets (Dayton C. Miller)
Brothers (The Van Sweringen Brothers)
The Class Poet (Langston Hughes)
Snapshots of Steel (Margaret Bourke-White)

REMARKABLE OHIOANS by Shelley Pearsall
Biographical Notes by Bette Lou Higgins
Illustrations by Mary McHale
Layout Design by Athina D. Crawford

HOW THE FITZGERALD SANK TWICE by: Bette Lou Higgins and Shelley Pearsall
This story is based on the play A MODEL FOR DISASTER by Shelley Pearsall which was written for a commemorative program for the 25th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It premiered at the Inland Seas Maritime Museum on November 10, 2000 as a joint project of Eden Valley Enterprises and the Great Lakes Historical Society.

YOU CAN’T PLAY BALL IN A SKIRT! Researched and Written by Susan Brewer and Bette Lou Higgins
Photographs used by permission of Raymond Hisrich
Alta Weiss portrait by Mary McHale
Layout and design by Athina D. Crawford and Sandra Hines
This story is based on the one-act first person program of the same name about Alta Weiss who put herself through medical school playing profession baseball on a men's team in the early 1900s. It was created for the Ohio Bicentennial in 2003 as a joint project of Eden Valley Enterprises, Holmes County District Library, Norwalk Public Library, Tuscarawas County Library, and Ritter Public Library

AMERICAN SPIRITS stories of historical ghosts (38 pages -- spiral bound; 8 1/2 X 11 format)

"The Revolutionary Spirit" by Carolyn Jack
Take a ride with Tempe Wick as she tries to save her beloved horse from deserters from the Continental Army

"The Girl In The Window" by Kelly Boyer Sagert
Meet Frances Dallam who wants to make sure the Union Soldiers are taken care of

"Massacre Mall " and "Reindeer Manor" by Estelle Rodis Brown
Visit Mall of America's spirited past and find out why Reindeer Manor is haunted.

"La Llorona -- The Weeping Woman" by Rosemary Kubera-Goodburn and Bette Lou Higgins
Find out why La Llorona is weeping.

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MY FAVORITE MONSTERS by Shelley Pearsall and Bette Lou Higgins
Illustrations by: Josephine T. Davis and Sandra J. Hines
Design by Athina D. Crawford
Meet two Great Lakes Monsters in this fun booklet. Find out about the Lake Erie Monster and see if Michael O'Reilly can survive a night on Lake Ontario with the MONSTER?

PDF Version -- e-mailed directly to you for 99¢

A STORM LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE by Susan Brewer and Bette Lou Higgins
The 1913 storm on the Great Lakes was one of the deadliest on record. Find out what made it a storm like you've never seen before.

PDF Version -- e-mailed directly to you for 99¢

NEXT STOP, FREEDOM! by Bette Lou Higgins and Shelley Pearsall
Research Assistance by: Susan Brewer and Rosemary Kubera Goodburn
Layout by Athina D. Crawford
This guide contains the stories from the EVE program of the same name plus an extensive bibliography on the Underground Railroad in Ohio. (25 pages -- spiral bound; 8 1/2 X 11 format)

The Great Lakes:

LADY OF THE LAKE based on the book by Bette Lou Higgins and Shelley Pearsall.
Illustrated by Josephine T. Davis, Sandra J. Hines and Shelley Pearsall
The guide contains the complete stories from the book, classroom activities for studying the Great Lakes appropriate for grades 4 and up, and a complete bibliography. (34 pages -- spiral bound; 8 1/2 X 11 format)

Christmas Cards: Each card features a story from the storytelling program STORIES FROM A CHRISTMAS PAST including “School Bells on Christmas Day,” “The Kenyon Carolers,” or “A Great Lakes Christmas Delivery -- the story of the Christmas tree ship, the Rouse Simmons.”

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"School Bells On Christmas Day" by Shelley Pearsall and Bette Lou Higgins

"The Kenyon Carolers" by Bette Lou Higgins (based on a story by William Goldhurst)

"A Great Lakes Christmas Delivery -- the story of the Rouse Simmons" by Bette Lou Higgins and Shelley Pearsall

"The New Year's Dinner: A Holiday Story" by Bette Lou Higgins

THE PAST WE INHERIT -- The history of Baldwin-Wallace College from the early 1800s to 1974. Written by Bette Lou Higgins, this history covers the life of founder John Baldwin, the founding of Berea, Baldwin University, German Wallace College and Baldwin-Wallace. A complete bibliography is included. (146 pages). This is an E-Book in PDF format that will be sent directly to your e-mail box. $8.99@ Read an excerpt

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