An exciting story about the Revolutionary War veterans who settled Kentucky, Ohio and Cincinnati when it was known as The Miami Slaughterhouse because of the savage depredations by the Miami and Shawnee tribes. Read about: ancient serpent-worshipers; how Cincinnati saved Texas in 1836; the secret Knights of the Golden Circle who plotted to create a slave empire; how Mad Anthony Wayne tamed the Northwest Territory and created Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin; the harrowing adventures of a young boy who was taken by the Shawnees.

The story of the youngest general in the Union Army who fought valiantly at the Battle of Shiloh, then was sent to defend Cincinnati from a Confederate attack. In just three days he turned the defenseless, panicked city into a fortress and saved the sixth largest city in the nation from being burned or held for ransom by the South. He formed the first Black Brigade in the Union Army, rescued Washington, DC, stopped a bloody range war, captured Billy the Kid, fought an Apache war in New Mexico and wrote an American classic, Ben-Hur.

The Beverly Hills Supper Club was Vegas before Vegas was cool. It was known as the Showplace of the Nation before it burned to the ground in 1977, killing at least 165 people-one of the worst fires in U.S. history. But few knew that the Beverly Hills had a violent past of deadly arson beginning in 1936, when it was taken over by the Cleveland mob that ran Sin City in Newport, Kentucky-an open city of prostitution, extortion, gambling and violence for decades, until new U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy went to war on the mob in 1961. His first target was Newport. This is the story of a crime empire on the banks of the Ohio River, in the backyard of Ivory clean Cincinnati, and the war to clean it up that led to the assassination of Bobby's brother, President John F. Kennedy. It's a story of mobsters, hookers, murder and dice; dirty cops, crooked politicians and the underworld bosses whose power reached into the FBI, Congress and the White House.Given the context of history, what happened in 1977 and the cover-up that followed were no surprise. Survivors have spent four decades digging to unearth disturbing evidence that the fire was arson-just like the first fire in 1936. Their case is presented here, with the aid of FBI files obtained through an FOIA request, first-hand witness accounts and extensive research that uncovers new evidence and tragic stories of the victims and survivors.Readers say, The research is beyond impressive Thank you for telling this story. This fills in the blanks that the investigators didn't want the public to know. Forbidden Fruit adds depth and history to the story that I never knew. I enjoyed every word.

How did Cincinnati stay Ivory clean while the Mob ran an empire of gambling, prostitution, drugs, corruption and murder right across the river in Newport? The answer is in Peter Bronson's new book, Not in Our Town, a sequel to his regional best-seller, Forbidden Fruit: Sin City's Underworld and the Supper Club Inferno.

Not in Our Town is an amazing, untold story of the gritty and dangerous battle against organized crime. As the Mafia moved in, the Queen City fought police corruption, sex scandals and epic battles against underworld smut king Larry Flynt, making national headlines with its crusade for decency.

Career newsman Peter Bronson did extensive research into FBI files, national archives, court testimony and interviews to find out about...

n The underworld network in Ohio cities

n Mafia bosses who lived in Cincinnati

n The silent partners in Larry Flynt's empire of porn

n Police corruption and stag parties with hookers

n How the media was played by the porn Mob

n A plot to blow up the U.S. Supreme Court