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"For those who appreciate a sense of home-spun America, this Highland County history is rich. For anyone interested in a couple hundred years of local history, complied and composed in a heartfelt manner, Charlotte Pack's work is a stand-out."
- Dr. Edward Gale Agran, Professor of History, Wilmington College
"Charlotte Pack's Time Travels is a superb collection of rich, memorable stories that remind us of the critical role of local history in shaping our national consciousness. At a time when America's cultural focus rarely veers away from the glitter of their rich and famous, Pack turns the spotlight on ordinary people whose lives are both enlightening and entertaining. Unearthing previously unpublished letters, diaries and other primary sources, Pack has rescued the history of a region from obscurity- a region with stories that reveal the tragedies and triumphs of 200 years in America. For this, she deserves a standing ovation."
- Ann Hagedorn, author of Beyond the River, Ohio & New York
"Readers interested in Ohio’s early history will certainly welcome Charlotte Pack’s recent addition to the available literature. The author, an accomplished poet and journalist, found the inspiration for Time Travels: Two Hundred Years of Highland County History, while working on a series of columns for the Highland Sun in 2002. She spent the next three years researching and writing what proves to be an engaging and informative collection of local history. At the same time, Ms. Pack offers insight into the broader individual realities of early Americans and day to day life in a developing nation; Highland County as microcosm, history from the bottom up. The text is complimented by abundant illustrations and written so as not to intimidate the casual reader, yet it will hold the attention of the trained historian, combined attributes that should well ensure this book a wide and appreciative audience.
"Primary source material is the key to producing a worthy historical work, one that is not merely a rehash of existing research and previously published volumes. Ms. Pack’s extensive use of diaries, journals and letters, of interviews and old family stories, provides worthy tribute to that axiom. Readers will surely appreciate Time Travels’ chronological structure. The contemporary updates the author includes are finishing touches that lend her stories both the sense of a circle completed, and of an unbroken chain of history extending into this very moment. One can only hope that Ms. Pack will, in the very near future, approach another historical topic with this same degree of verve and skill."
- Doug Link, Historian, Ohio
" Over the weekend, I enjoyed browsing, scanning and reading Time Travels. I will revisit it often, as it is not the type of book with which one would ever be finished. As a Highland County resident since 1979, I found much in it very new to me. And, as the genre of local history works goes, I found both the township and black history very informative. It is a very readable, informational and interesting book. It seems it could spawn more."
- Pamela Nickell, Education Professor, Wilmington College, Ohio
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