Books about Cleveland and Ohio from Gray & Company, Publishers

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If you live in or around Cleveland, grew up here, or have a warm place in your heart for Northeast Ohio, we have books for you — on all kinds of subjects! Take a look . . .

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I Want to Hold Your Hand

Book Excerpt From My Ticket to Ride, by Janice Mitchell It was Christmas break, 1963, and I sat in the kitchen trying to stay awake

Paul Orlousky standing in front of the Cleveland sign at Edgewater Park.

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Winter for a Cleveland TV News Reporter

Winter is an interesting time of year to be a TV news reporter out on the street. My least favorite live-shot assignment of all time was going out to stand by the side of the road to tell people it was snowing …

Donnie Osmond writes on Paul Orlousky's face with a marker while standing in front of a weather map.

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Don’t Trust Donny Osmond on Live TV with a Magic Marker

Youngstown, at the time I arrived there, was mob-infested. For a news guy, that meant it was a great place to learn how to cover a city where you could get some dirt under your fingernails. Problem was, I was the weekend anchor …

Paul Orlousky during hotel prostitution sting, from the book "Punched, Kicked, Spat On, and Sometimes Thanked: Memoirs of a Cleveland TV News Reporter," by Paul Orlousky

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What Have I Gotten Myself Into?

“You owe me $240, and if you don’t pay, I’m gonna kick your ass!” There I was, in a downtown Cleveland hotel room with two prostitutes and their pimp, and the pimp was angry. Very angry

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September 2021

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Janice Mitchell talk – Music Box – Cleveland

Thursday, Sep 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Music Box Supper Club - 1148 Main Ave, Cleveland, OH | 216-242-1250

October 2021

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Janice Mitchell booksigning – Loganberry Books – Cleveland

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Loganberry Books - 13015 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland, OH | 216-795-9800

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