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• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0871953951
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• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.27 x 21.59 cm

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Andrea neal.

I'm a Hoosier, a teacher, and an author - in that order. Three of my books have been published so far, and I hope to start work soon on the fourth. I have more than 35 years experience covering and commenting on government, politics, and public policy.

Prior to becoming a teacher in 2003, I served as the first woman editorial page editor of The Indianapolis Star. The position capped a 14-year stint at Indiana’s largest metropolitan daily where I worked as a reporter, columnist, assistant city editor, state editor, and chief editorial writer. From 1981-89, I worked for United Press International covering the Statehouse in Indianapolis and the United States Supreme Court.

I am the author of Road Trip – A Pocket History of Indiana written for Indiana's bicentennial in 2016. Published by Indiana Historical Society Press, the book is an anthology of newspaper columns about key events in state history and the destinations connected to them.

My second book, Pence – The Path to Power, was the first full-length biography of Vice President Mike Pence. It was released on August 1, 2018, by Red Lightning Books, an imprint of Indiana University Press.

I authored my third book, Great Is Thy Faithfulness, with Butler University Professor Jason Lantzer. The book, published in 2020, is a 200-year history of the oldest church in Indianapolis: Meridian Street United Methodist.

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Post-tribune | ‘pocket history of indiana’ suggests summertime road trips.

Who’s up for a road trip this summer?

In this case, the new book “Road Trip: A Pocket History of Indiana,” celebrating the bicentennial of our statehood by suggesting road-trip destinations to all places Hoosier.

“Sad to say, we are woefully ignorant of own story,” writes author Andrea Neal, a U.S. history and English teacher at St. Richard’s Episcopal School in Indianapolis.

The 247-page book is a compilation of 100 historical essays, each one with a twist. Each essay on Indiana events and figures has a destination attached, either a marker, monument, museum, park or annual event that Hoosiers could attend or visit to make history come alive.

“As a teacher of U.S. history, I appreciate road trips,” said Neal, a former journalist who’s a columnist with the Indiana Policy Review Foundation. “It is one thing to read about the War of 1812 in a textbook. It is another to walk across the field where William Henry Harrison’s troops defeated The Prophet’s forces at the Battle of Tippecanoe.”

This is what caught my attention while reading this photo-friendly book. Each destination has a story. Each story has a destination. It’s a Hoosier history buff’s dream come true while serving the rest of us with just enough historical information to entice a weekend getaway.

Page 220 profiles Fort Wayne, “a city of entrepreneurs.” Page 139 features Indiana’s first black lawmaker, James Hinton. Page 43 explains how Abraham Lincoln’s Indiana years helped shape his ideals and values.

“Three states claim Abraham Lincoln as a favorite son, but only Indiana can take credit for his formative years,” Neal writes. “As he moved through adolescence to adulthood, Lincoln worked, studied, and dealt with adversity on the Indiana frontier.”

This back story is attributed to National Park Service historians at the Lincoln Boyhood Home Memorial, a recreated 1820s-era homestead that occupies four of the original 160 acres owned by Thomas Lincoln. The site is located 43 miles east of Evansville.

Each destination includes detailed directions to give readers an idea how far away it is from their home. Many of the suggested destinations are within a one-tank trip from Northwest Indiana.

For instance, the “superheroes of the Space Age” who first attended Purdue University, including Virgil “Gus” Grissom (Class of 1950), Neil Armstrong (1955) and Eugene Cernan (1956), who flew to the moon twice. As commander of Apollo 11 in 1972, he was the last man to have left his footprints there.

“The word astronaut was not common in the English language in the early 1950s when these guys were all on campus. It was an obscure word in science fiction then,” noted aviation historian John Norberg, who has written extensively about Purdue’s alumni astronauts.

It wasn’t obscure for long, thanks to the role of Purdue, whose alumni have flown on 37 percent of all human U.S. space flights, including more than 40 space shuttle flights, according to Norberg. Who knew?

To memorialize Grissom, the Indiana General Assembly established the Virgil I. Grissom Memorial and Museum at Spring Mill State Park, near his hometown of Mitchell.

At the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame in New Castle, visitors can see one of the first basketballs used in our state. They were meant and designed to be thrown, not dribbled, which is obvious at first glance. The oldest ball in this collection is from 1910, and it looks it.

Did you know that 19th century adventurers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark first joined forces in Indiana?

“When they shook hands, the Lewis and Clark expedition began,” writes Stephen Ambrose in “Undaunted Courage,” which chronicled their transcontinental journey.

The two pioneers met in Clarksville on Oct. 14, 1803, and used Clark’s cabin overlooking the Falls of the Ohio River as base camp while preparing their trip. A statue of their first handshake can be found at the entry of Falls of the Ohio State Park.

Other historic essay topics include famous Hoosiers such as Benjamin Harrison, Little Turtle and Madam C.J. Walker, as well as important events such as Robert F. Kennedy’s famous 1968 speech and the impact of Sept. 11, 2001, on our state.

Two suggested sites in this area are Gary’s Marquette Park Pavilion, formerly known as the Recreation Pavilion, and the LaPorte marker which designates the Indiana Territory Boundary Line as of 1805.

Published by the Indiana Historical Society Press, the book can be used to plan a “literary Bicentennial road trip,” the organization suggests.

“Readers who intend to use this book as a travel guide will find the accompanying historic sites and landmarks in chronological order, starting with the impact of the Ice Age on Indiana and ending with the Bicentennial itself,” the publisher writes.

If you’re truly devoted you to Hoosier history, you can visit the famous elm tree in Corydon where Indiana’s framers took 18 days to write our state’s governing document. The dead trunk of the “Constitution Elm” is on full display in a sandstone monument. I kid you not.

Did you know that Indiana University in Bloomington began as a seminary in 1820? Or that the first American to die in World War I was from Indiana? Or that a genuine carhop, curb service drive-in is still in operation at The Suds in Greenwood, which opened as Dog n Suds in 1957?

All of these historical nuggets go down easy in the book’s pages, with related activities suggested for the more adventurous types.

Neal left many of these sites saying to herself, “Now that’s the best-kept secret in Indiana,” she told me on my Casual Fridays radio show.

Listen to her insights and suggestions here: http://lakeshorepublicmedia.org/local-programs/casual-fridays/ . For more information about the book, call (317) 232-1882 or visit www.indianahistory.org .

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• Book Title Road Trip : a Pocket History of Indiana
• Author Andrea Neal
• Format Trade Paperback
• Language English
• Topic United States / MidWest / General, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), United States / MidWest / East North Central (IL, in, MI, OH, Wi)
• Publication Year 2016
• Genre Travel, History
• Number of Pages Xiii, 247 Pages
• Item Length 8.5in
• Item Height 0.5in
• Item Width 5in
• Item Weight 12 Oz

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• Lc Classification Number F527.N43 2016
• Copyright Date 2016
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• Dewey Decimal 917.7204/44
• Dewey Edition 23
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Campaign Crossroads looks back over the varied, sometimes important, sometimes irrelevant, but always interesting presidential campaign cycles in Indiana’s history. By taking in the influences of technology, transportation and communication itself, we see an evolution in the political process that is not only altogether Hoosier, but also altogether American in its quality and importance.

Hanna’s Town: A Little World We Have Lost W. William Wimberly II

In late autumn 1902, a macabre scene unfolded at the original burial ground of Wabash, Ind., which had been called both the Old Cemetery and Hanna’s Cemetery. The task at hand was the disinterment of four bodies. The newest of the four graves held whatever might be left of the corpse of Colonel Hugh Hanna who, more than any other single citizen, was the founding father and civic icon of the prosperous and picturesque community. This book tells the story of a town that rose from the wilderness, one with a bustling economy, a sense of community, civic pride, broad economic connections, architectural achievements, and various other cultural pretensions.

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Indiana Political Heroes Geoff Paddock

Politics has always played an important role in Indiana, and the state itself at one time furnished candidates for national office from an assortment of American political parties.  Indiana Political Heroes  takes a contemporary look at those who serve in public office with eight essays on Hoosier politicians who have made a difference in Indiana and in the U.S. Capitol. Paddock profiles such distinguished Democratic and Republican lawmakers as Birch Bayh, John Brademas, Richard Hatcher, R. Vance Hartke, William Hudnut, Richard Ristine, J. Edward Roush, and William Ruckelshaus.

Justices of the Indiana Supreme Court Linda C. Gugin and James E. St. Clair

From its inception in 1816 until 2010, one woman and 105 men have been members of the Indiana Supreme Court. In this multiauthor volume, which features an introduction by Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr., authors explore the lives of each justice, unearthing not only standard biographical information but also personal stories that offer additional insight into their lives and times. In the early days of Indiana statehood, the men who served on the Court often learned their profession by studying in the office of a trained lawyer and began their career as judges by “riding the circuit.” The book was published by the IHS Press in cooperation with the Indiana Supreme Court.

L.S. Ayres & Company: The Store at the Crossroads of America Kenneth L. Turchi

In 1872 Lyman Ayres acquired a controlling interest in the Trade Palace, a dry-goods store in Indianapolis. Two years later, he bought out his partners and renamed the establishment L.S. Ayres and Company. For the next century, Ayres was as much a part of Indianapolis as Monument Circle or the Indianapolis 500. What was the secret of Ayres’s success? In this book, Ken Turchi traces the store’s history through three wars, the Great Depression, and the changing tastes and shopping habits of America in the 1960s and 1970s. Examining Ayres’s 100 years of management decisions, he offers strategic takeaways that explain not only the store’s success, but that also apply to anyone who wants to be successful in business. Along the way, he describes the store’s phenomenal growth while offering a behind-the-scenes look at this beloved and trusted institution.

Murder in Their Hearts: The Fall Creek Massacre David Thomas Murphy

In March 1824, a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. Although violence between settlers and Native Americans was not unusual in the Old Northwest Territory during the early 19th century, in this particular incident the white men responsible for the murders were singled out and hunted down, brought to trial, convicted by a jury of their neighbors, and, for the first time under American law, sentenced to death and executed for the murder of Native Americans.

Pathways to the Old Northwest: An Observance of the Bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance Lloyd A. Hunter, ed.

In 1987 Franklin College of Indiana hosted an observance of the bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance. Professional and amateur historians, folklorists, scholars in the arts, teachers, and students gathered to examine the provisions of that historic document and the governmental structure it created for the frontier lands north of the Ohio River. Pathways to the Old Northwest: An Observance of the Bicentennial of the Northwest Ordinance presents six of the lectures delivered at the conference. These lectures represent current knowledge about the early history of the Ohio River-Great Lakes area, the circumstances surrounding passage of the Ordinance, the beginnings of government and society, and the ethnic diversity of the region’s people.

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Road Trip: A Pocket History of Indiana Andrea Neal

Hit the road and visit sites that speak to the 19th state’s character. In her book, Andrea Neal has selected the top 100 events/historical figures in Indiana history, some well-known like George Rogers Clark, and others obscured by time or memory such as the visit of Marquis de Lafayette to southern Indiana.

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History of Indiana Series

Indiana to 1816: The Colonial Period Vol. 1 John D. Barnhart and Dorothy L. Riker

The first volume of the  History of Indiana  series presents Indiana’s past from its prehistory through the advance to statehood. Topics covered include the French and British presence, the American Revolution and the territorial days.

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Indiana 1816-1850: The Pioneer Era Vol. 2 Donald F. Carmony

Donald F. Carmony explores the political, economic, agricultural, and educational developments in the early years of the nineteenth state. Carmony’s book also describes how and why Indiana developed as it did during its formative years and its role as a member of the United States. The book includes a bibliography, notes, and index.

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Indiana in the Civil War Era, 1850-1880 Vol. 3 Emma Lou Thornbrough

Emma Lou Thornbrough deals with the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction. Thornbrough utilized scholarly writing as well as examined basic source materials, both published and unpublished, to present a balanced account of life in Indiana during the Civil War era, with attention given to political, economic, social, and cultural developments. The book includes a bibliography, notes and index.

Indiana in Transition: The Emergence of an Industrial Commonwealth, 1880-1920 Vol. 4 Clifton J. Phillips

Clifton J. Phillips covers the period during which Indiana underwent political, economic and social changes that furthered its evolution from a primarily rural-agricultural society to a predominantly urban-industrial commonwealth. The book includes a bibliography, notes and index.

Indiana through Tradition and Change: A History of the Hoosier State and Its People, 1920-1945 Vol. 5 James H. Madison

James H. Madison covers Indiana during the period between World War I and World War II. Madison follows the generally topical organization set by previous volumes in the series, with initial chapters devoted to politics and later chapters to social, economic and cultural questions. The last chapter provides an overview of the home front during World War II. Each chapter is intended to stand alone, but a fuller understanding of subjects and themes treated in any one chapter will result from a reading of the whole book. The book includes a bibliography, notes and index.

For Duty and Destiny: The Life and Civil War Diary of William Taylor Stott, Hoosier Soldier and Educator Lloyd Hunter

William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College. He later became the president who took it from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the 18th Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863.

Indiana Quakers Confront the Civil War Jacquelyn Nelson

When members of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, first arrived in antebellum Indiana, they could not have envisioned the struggle which would engulf the nation when the American Civil War began in 1861. Juxtaposed with its stand against slavery a second tenet of the Society’s creed – adherence to peace – also challenged the unity of Friends when the dreaded conflict erupted. Indiana Quakers Confront the Civil War chronicles for the first time the military activities of Indiana Quakers during America’s bloodiest war and explores the motivation behind the abandonment, at least temporarily, of their long-standing testimony against war.

The Kimberlins Go to War: A Union Family in Copperhead Country Michael B. Murphy

This is the story of the Kimberlin family from Scott County, Indiana,  that sent 33 fathers and sons, brothers and cousins to fight for the Union during the Civil War. Ten family members were killed, wounded or died of battlefield disease, a 30 percent casualty rate that is unmatched in recorded Scott County history.Their feelings about the war come from 40 letters to and from the battlefield that have survived. This book examines such questions as: Were they fighting to save the Union or to free slaves? How did they express grief over the loss of a brother? Did they keep up with their business and the women at home? And what did they think about “secesh” neighbors in southern Indiana who tried to undermine the Union?

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A Leaf of Voices: Stories of the American Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived and Died, 1861-65 Jennifer McSpadden

During the American Civil the  Wabash Intelligencer  and the  Wabash Plain Dealer  frequently printed letters from Wabash County men serving in the Union army. The letter writers are a remarkable cast of characters: young and old, soldiers, doctors, ministers, officers, enlisted men, newspaper men, and a fifteen-year-old printers’ devil who enlisted as a drummer boy.

Profiles in Survival: The Experiences of American POWs in the Philippines during World War II John C. Shively

The stories of seven men and one woman from Indiana who survived the horrors of captivity under the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II are captured in vivid detail by author John C.  Shively. These Hoosiers stationed in the Philippines were ordered to surrender following the fall of Bataan and Corregidor in 1942. It was the largest surrender of American armed forces in U.S. history. For many, it was the beginning of three years of hell starting with the infamous Bataan Death March, brutal conditions in POW camps in the Philippines and, for some, horrific journeys to Japan on board what came to be known as hellships.

Rebel Bulldog: The Story of One Family, Two States, and the Civil War Jason Lantzer

Rebel Bulldog tells the story of Preston Davidson, a Northerner who fought for the Confederacy, and his family who lived in Indiana and Virginia. It examines antebellum religion, education, reform, and politics, and how they affected the identity of not just one young man, but of a nation caught up in a civil war. Furthermore, it discusses how a native-born Hoosier reached the decision to fight for the South, while detailing a unique war experience and the postwar life of a proud Rebel who returned to the North after the guns fell silent and tried to remake his life in a very different state and nation than the ones he had left in 1860.

The book uses not just Preston’s story, but that of his family as a lens to help us glimpse the past. Preston’s paternal family had strong ties to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). The maternal side of Preston’s family tree included his grandfather, Governor Noah Noble.

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Shadow of Shiloh: Major General Lew Wallace in the Civil War Gail Stephens

Thirty-two years after the Battle of Shiloh, Lew Wallace returned to the battlefield, mapping the route of his April 1862 march. Ulysses S. Grant, Wallace’s commander at Shiloh, expected Wallace and his Third Division to arrive in the early afternoon of April 6. However, they did not arrive until nightfall, and in the aftermath of the bloodbath at Shiloh, Grant attributed Wallace’s late arrival to a failure to obey orders. By mapping the route of his march and proving how and where he had actually been that day, the 67-year-old Wallace hoped to remove the stigma of “Shiloh and its slanders.” That did not happen. Shiloh still defines Wallace’s military reputation, overshadowing the rest of his stellar military career and making it easy to forget that he was a rising military star, the youngest major general in the Union. In  Shadow of Shiloh,  Gail Stephens addresses Wallace’s military career and its place in the larger context of Civil War military history.

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A Soldier in World War I: The Diary of Elmer W. Sherwood Robert H. Ferrell, ed.

In April 1917 a sophomore from Indiana University, inspired by the stories of his grandfather’s service in the Union Army during the Civil War, left school and enlisted with a National Guard unit in Indianapolis that became the 150th Field Artillery Regiment. Before long the young man, Elmer W. Sherwood, found himself in the thick of fighting in France, as his artillery regiment served in combat with the 42nd Rainbow Division. Sherwood kept a diary of hist time overseas, including his experiences in the army of occupation following the war’s end. Sherwood tells of the hard existence of life in the trenches, including the endless mud that sometimes trapped unwary soldiers for hours at a time and the wretched food he had to eat.

Indiana Out Loud: Dan Carpenter on the Heartland Beat Dan Carpenter

Since 1976, Dan Carpenter’s writing has appeared in the pages of  The Indianapolis Star  as a police reporter, book critic and renowned op-ed columnist. In writing for the state’s largest newspaper, Carpenter has covered the life and times of some notable Hoosiers, as well as serving as a voice for the disadvantaged, sometimes exasperating the  Star ‘s readership in central Indiana as the newspaper’s house liberal.  Indiana Out Loud  is a collection of the best of Carpenter’s work since 1993 and includes timely and engaging examinations of the lives of intriguing people.

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The Incredible Flower Road Trip Through Indiana Is The Ultimate Spring Adventure

S pring has sprung, and you know what that means, friends: WILDFLOWERS! So many wildflowers! If you’re hoping to catch a glimpse of some blooming beauties this year before they leave us again, now’s the perfect time. So, I’ve gone ahead and put together something special: an amazing spring road trip through Indiana with all the most beautiful places hand-picked for adventure. So pack the car, bookmark the epic journey map , and let’s go!

Woo hoo! This awesome trip covers 222 miles and includes 4 hours, 26 minutes of driving - not counting stops!

1. chain o’lakes state park, 2. old mill park (previously markle dam), 3. mounds state park, 4. fort harrison state park, 5. goethe link observatory, 6. marott woods nature preserve, 7. leonard springs nature park.

So, there you have it: seven incredible destinations for the ultimate spring road trip in Indiana. Not sure what to bring along? No worries – we have a nice, handy road trip packing list just for you! What are your plans for spring? Do you think you’ll take this road trip? Let me know!

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