by Ruth Myers | May 26, 2017 | History
History comes to life through individual stories. This two-part guest post by retired Dayton police sergeant Stephen C. Grismer gives a wonderful view of how one family’s business changed and adapted in the course of more than a century, reflecting life in the...
by Ruth Myers | Dec 21, 2016 | History
Imagine how hard it must have been for American families and communities to maintain any semblance of Christmas spirit in 1941. The Dec. 7 attack on Pearl Harbor had just thrust the previously divided country into World War II. Yet in Dayton, Ohio, two civic events...
by Ruth Myers | Oct 20, 2016 | Detective Fiction, History, NewSite
by M. Ruth Myers Most accounts of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged America into World War II focus on actions at the distant naval base itself, or give passing mention to the fact that those on the home front heard the news on their radios on a...
by Ruth Myers | Aug 17, 2016 | Authors, Detective Fiction, History
If you’ve run through your supply of mysteries featuring smart, competent women private eyes, here are a few more for you to try. It includes two lawyer-sleuths. I’ve never really considered such hybrids private eyes since they have another income source, but Private...