• 232 pages

• 6 x 9

• Softcover

• ISBN 978-1949248-616

• Copyright 2022

By Buck Niehoff

Walking 160 miles to eight ancient ceremonial Hopewell earthworks, Hope Taft, former Ohio First Lady, and Buck Niehoff, retired lawyer and author, along with several of their friends, explored some of the most beautiful architectural achievements ever created in Ohio. Built 2,000 years ago, these structures were sacred spaces with remarkably accurate alignments to the cycles of the sun and moon. Because of their significance, they have been nominated for the UNESCO World Heritage List that includes only two dozen of the most important places in the United States, such as the Statue of Liberty and the Grand Canyon.

The walkers followed in the footsteps of the ancient people who, like them, made pilgrimages between these venerated sites. They discovered that the spaces between the earthworks’ locations—where both ancient and modern pilgrims walked—may have been as important to the sacred experience as the earthworks themselves.