SHARON – The Sharon Historical Society will present a program Thursday on the early history of local organized crime – “Beware the Black Hand! Early Organized Crime in Ohio and
Rather than walk the reader through some maps or interview some local ghost expert, I will share what I know from lore and legends about the pentagram of cemeteries around
Why Do So Many People Pretend to Be Native American?
Russell Cobb | This Land Press | August 2014 | 16 minutes (3,976 words)
This Land PressFor this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we are thrilled to share a brand new essay from Oklahoma’s This Land Press, just published in their August 2014 issue. This Land has been featured on Longreads often in the past you can support them here.
Let’s take a voyage to a not-so-distant land and visit a strange tribe. Or maybe not so strange. In fact, you may even belong to it. Before we begin our expedition, a trivia question:
What do Bill Clinton, Miley Cyrus, Johnny Cash, and Elizabeth Warren all have in common?