Progressives and Prison Labor
Rebuilding Ohio's National Road During World War I
Published on 19. July 2022
Book
Hardback
126 pages
978-1-62922-140-3 (ISBN)
Description
During World War 1 Progressive Ohio Governor James M. Cox accepted Washington's plea to rebuild the National Road for use by military trucks. Lacking sufficient workers, Cox drew about three hundred African Americans out of Ohio's prisons. They became the labor corps for a project that built the world's longest stretch of brick road.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62922-140-3 (9781629221403)
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Jeffrey Alan John, PhD, experienced journalism as a daily newspaper reporter, motorcycle magazine editor, and historical society public relations writer. He then taught journalism for thirty years, and he continues as a Professor Emeritus in Wright State University's Department of Communication. He is co-author with the late Frank L. Johnson of the true-crime tale A Bird in Your Hand: A story of ambiguous justice, and author of the science fiction Lab Rats Can't Say No: a story in the future; his scholarly works include a study of the Wright Brothers' photography, and a longitudinal examination of news content in a Midwest city. He and his wife Karin Avila-John live in Dayton, Ohio's Oregon Historic District.