"The history of Medina County brims with tales revealing the colorful and admirable character of its communities and people. For a while, locals observed living in two time zones simultaneously while also ignoring a federal law mandating Daylight Saving Time. The world-famous Giant of Seville, Captain Martin Van Buren Bates, had a brief but violent vigilante episode in Civil War-era Kentucky before finding peace and Christianity--and a home--in Ohio. The county's most prominent political family, the Batchelders, had ties to a pig farm in Brunswick that drew national attention and statewide reform. Author Stephen D. Hambley, PhD, shares insightful and entertaining stories, many never heard before, from Medina County's past."--Back cover.

Stephen D. Hambley, PhD, is a retired college professor and has been an elected official for roughly thirty years in various positions as Brunswick City Council member, county commissioner and state representative.