WENDY HART BECKMAN is an award-winning freelance writer and editor Founders and Famous Families: Cincinnati is her seventh work of nonfiction. She has also published more than 300 articles in print and online publications, and has received a baker's dozen of awards for her writing, editing, and desktop publishing. Wendy's bachelor's degrees are in geology and natural science/technical communications from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and the University of Cincinnati, respectively. She also has a master's degree in English from UC with a graduate certificate in professional writing. She has taught English, business writing, and scientific and technical writing at the University of Cincinnati and cultural diversity at Miami University. She frequently offers workshops, from a few hours in length to weekend-long retreats, for writers who wish to get published. Besides writing, Wendy's passion lies in singing. For 10 years she was a member of the Cincinnati May Festival Chorus, the oldest continuous choral tradition in the Western hemisphere. When she's not engaged in writing or singing, she can be found with one of her paintball teams, working on behalf of the nonprofit that she co-founded, Athletes Joined Against Spondylitis. She lives in Cincinnati with her husband and three sons.
CHAPTER 1: They Built Cincinnati
CHAPTER 2: Law and Order
CHAPTER 3: Going Places
CHAPTER 4: Raising Our Spirits
CHAPTER 5: To Your Health
CHAPTER 6: We've Got the Goods
CHAPTER 7: Start the Presses!
CHAPTER 8: Trailblazers
CHAPTER 9: Leading Ladies
CHAPTER 10: Music to Our Ears
APPENDIX A: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "Catawba Wine"
APPENDIX B Presenting Hizzoner, er, Her Honor, the Mayor!
APPENDIX C: A Select Representation of Samuel Hannaford's Life's Work
Bibliography
Readers' Response
Index
About the Author
