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Ohio Outback: Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp
Claude Clayton Smith
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Description for Ohio Outback: Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Ohio Outback is a unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events in out-of-the-way places throughout northwest Ohio. The pieces in this book reflect a growing curiosity and fondness for Ohio, with topics ranging from the manufacturing process of NFL footballs and the anatomy of ditches to an Ohio section of a ten-thousand mile drive by interstate highway across the forty-eight states and Smith's reflections as a licensed professional boxing judge. Ohio Outback also ... Read more
Ohio Outback is a unique compilation of writings by Claude Clayton Smith about his experiences of living in Ohio for the past twenty-two years. Smith offers a vibrant, humorous portrait of life that focuses on individuals and events in out-of-the-way places throughout northwest Ohio. The pieces in this book reflect a growing curiosity and fondness for Ohio, with topics ranging from the manufacturing process of NFL footballs and the anatomy of ditches to an Ohio section of a ten-thousand mile drive by interstate highway across the forty-eight states and Smith's reflections as a licensed professional boxing judge. Ohio Outback also ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Kent State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
468g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Kent, OH, United States
ISBN
9781606350546
SKU
V9781606350546
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About Claude Clayton Smith
Claude Clayton Smith is professor emeritus of English at Ohio Northern University and the 2008 Claridge Writer in Residence at Illinois College. He is author of a novel, two children's books, three nonfiction books (including Lapping America: A Man, a Corvette, and the Interstates), four produced plays, and a variety of poetry, short fiction, essays, and reviews.
Reviews for Ohio Outback: Learning to Love the Great Black Swamp
Claude Clayton Smith, an Easterner who found himself transplanted to the 'outback' of northwest Ohio, has written a poignant and funny account of his longstanding attempt to feel at home there. The happy result of his struggle to come to terms with the region's landscape, customs, and history is a thoughtful meditation on the charms and challenges of an obscure ... Read more