New From peter Bronson

Promised Land: How the Midwest Was Won

The author of regional bestsellers about Cincinnati during the Civil War and the Mob in Newport and Cincinnati has published a new book about Cincinnati history: Promised Land: How the Midwest Was Won.

Go back in time to explore the exciting history of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky:

•  Who were the mysterious people who worshipped serpents and built massive mounds and earthworks in Ohio 3,000 years ago?

•   Meet the courageous Revolutionary War veterans who risked their lives to settle Cincinnati when it was known as “The Miami Slaughterhouse” because of the brutal depredations by the Miami and Shawnee Indians.

•    Read the forgotten story of how Cincinnati leaders risked everything to save Texas in 1836

•    Find out about the huge conspiracy born in Cincinnati, to build a vast slave empire and kill the president, called The Knights of the Golden Circle.

•   Learn about the hero “Mad Anthony” Wayne, who defeated the Indians and opened the Northwest Territory—and the jealous assassin who plotted to kil him.

Readers who enjoyed Bronson’s previous hit, The Man Who Saved Cincinnati, will enjoy another fascinating journey through the untold history of the Miami Valley and Northern Kentucky.

The Man Who Saved Cincinnati…

•          Saved victory for US Grant at Fort Donelson.

•          Became the scapegoat for Grant’s mistakes at Shiloh.

•          Was sent to rescue Cincinnati from a Confederate attack.

•          Turned the defenseless city into a fortress in three days.

•          Was hailed as the Savior of the Queen City of the West.

•          Saved Washington DC from capture.

•          Was a judge in the trial of the assassins of Abraham Lincoln.

•          Prevented an alliance between the Confederates and Mexico.

•          Ended the bloody Lincoln County Range War in New Mexico Territory.

•          Captured Billy the Kid.

•          Was a self-taught painter, sculptor, architect, inventor and musician.

•       Wrote Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, one of the greatest books in American literature.

  Read About

  The secret plot to assassinate Abraham Lincoln in Cincinnati;

  Panic and threats from Morgan's Raiders;

  How the scapegoat of Shiloh became the Savior of Cincinnati.

Forbidden Fruit

The regional bestseller about the Mob in Northern Kentucky and the fire that killed 165 people in 1977

The first match was struck when the Beverly Hills was torched in 1936. For the next 40 years, Cincinnati’s “Sin City” playground in Northern Kentucky was one of the hottest destinations in the nation, run by and for the Cleveland mob. The end came in a blaze that lit up the skies for miles, as the Beverly Hills Supper Club burned again in 1977, killing 165 victims. Forbidden Fruit has it all: mobsters, hookers, murder, arson and dice; crooked cops, dirty politicians and cold-blooded gangsters who ruled the streets of Newport.

Not in Our Town

The amazing, untold story of the Mob in Ohio and the gritty, dangerous battle to keep Cincinnati clean and safe. Extensive research, pictures from the past and first-hand accounts reveal what you didn’t know about:

• The underworld network in Ohio cities

• The Mafia bosses who lived next door

• The silent partners in Larry Flynt’s empire of porn

• Police corruption and stag parties with hookers

• How the media was played by the Mob

• The plot to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court

• The CIA spy suspected in the assassination of JFK who worked for Larry Flynt

• And much more…