INDIANA — Another book relating the history of Indiana is freshly published. This one gives vignettes about 400 people and businesses that formed the state and is readable in 10-minute increments. It starts with the mound builders, Fort Ouiatenon, George Rogers Clark, William Henry Harrison and Chief Little Turtle and goes through two major wars, a dozen minor wars, the Archer Gang, Orlie Scott, Zimmerman Manufacturing, Albert Beveridge and on to Sandy Allen and Edna Parker, the tallest and oldest people in the world.

The four volumes of Indiana Bicentennial cover:

• Volume 1: The First Century (the Ice Age to 1896)
• Volume 2: The Second Century (1897 to today)
• Volume 3: Talented Hoosiers (Arts, Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Sports Heroes)
• Volume 4: Maps, Appendices, Bibliography, Atlas and Places to Visit

The author, Bob Ostrander, is a retired life-long Hoosier and has previously written Hoosier Beer and Indiana Prohibition. All, including Indiana Bicentennial, are available on Amazon. Each volume of the new book is almost 400 pages and retails for $22. More information is available at www.IndianaBicentennial.org.