About the Author

Award-winning author Mark Strecker has wanted to be a writer since he first learned to read. He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor of arts degree in history in 1994 and a master’s degree in library science from Clarion University in 2008, earning the latter to give him the skills needed to write well-researched narrative history. A lifelong resident of Ohio, his greatest passions are history (no surprise there), travel, reading, and comic book collecting. On his website, www.markstrecker.com, in addition to articles, he posts travel logs about the various historic sites and museums he’s visited, most of which are in the Buckeye State.