ONE OR TWO THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW About We Know Ohio
A Writing Team Like No Other
David Meyers and his daughter Elise Meyers Walker began co-writing books shortly after she graduated from college. Many people have wondered how they could possibly work so closely together, but they have found that it's their differences that make the books work so well.
Off the Beaten Path
We Know Ohio writes the books we would like to read if someone had only written them. For example, we were the first to write about the Society of the Banana & Faithful Friends in Ohio's Black Hand Syndicate: The Birth of Organized Crime in America.
EXPLODING STOVE MEDIA iS US
Branding
Since the beginning, We-Know-Ohio has operated under the collective name Exploding Stove Media, which was what Beverly Meyers, David's wife, called her business when she was doing marketing for a well-know circus. However, in 2024, we decided to start our own book publishing arm under that name. Exploding Stove Media will offer semi-fictional historic novels, biographies, and whatever else suits our fancy. For more information on how we got to this point, refer to the ExplodingStove.Com button (below).
ohio eccentrics
Ohio has produced more than its share of eccentric men and women, whose peculiar ideas, bizarre behaviors, and outlandish antics have served to make the world more interesting. Here are biographies of twenty-tow of the most fascinating people who've ever lived!
bucking the tiger
John Alexander was the greatest African American gambler of the 19th century and a folk hero to his race. But that wasn't half the story. Could he and his childhood playmate, not to mention future President of the United States Benjamin Harrison, have shared a grandfather ... former PresidentWilliam Henry Harrison?
not too warm to die
The Life of Mary K. Francis, born and raised a slave in the state of Kentucky by her Husband and Son.
Revised and annotated by David Meyers and Elise Meyers Walker.
Includes a brief history of the Black Settlements of Carthagena, Ohio, and the story of the McCrays during their residence in De Smet, Dakota Territory, the Little Town on the Prairie. made famous by Laura Ingalls Wilder..
