Looking Back at Elyria: A Midwest City at Midcentury

By Marci Rich

Book Overview

Revisit your Elyria youth with your very own time-travel guide. Author Marci Rich combines journalism, historical research, and memoir to look back at midcentury Elyria.

Brimming with postwar optimism and prosperity, mid-twentieth-century Elyria seemed like Camelot and was, indeed, a brief passage on a beloved president's campaign trail. You could visit the bears at Cascade Park and play on the slides. See a movie at the Capitol Theatre and enjoy a cherry Coke at the Paradise. Run an errand for Mom at Hales Market and then walk up to the old Reefy mansion to check out a book at the library. Shop at Merthe's and Harry's Men's Wear, then admire the groovy clothes at New Horizons East. Based on her award-winning articles for the Chronicle-Telegram, author Marci Rich brings you back to Elyria.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467141887
• ISBN13: 9781467141888
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"