A Treasury of Iowa Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Iowa
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Book Overview
In a Treasury of Iowa Tales you'll discover: ; H ow Julien Dubuque set a river on fire. ; T he bizarre story of the great hotel war in Forest City in 1901. ; T he real Music Man, Meredith WIllson, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1558537511
ISBN13:9781558537514
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:Thomas Nelson
Length:206 Pages
Weight:0.52 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.6" x 8.5"
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Tales about events in Iowa and people who had some association with the state
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Many famous people, among them Herbert Hoover, Johnny Carson, John Wayne, George Washington Carver, Buddy Holly, Wyatt Earp and Buffalo Bill Cody had ties to the state of Iowa. Some were born there, others passed through and some died there. All of these people and more are the subject of a short story in this book. Other tales are about the communistic Amana Colonies, the artist Grant Wood, a ridiculous hotel war, an even more ridiculous scam of a "petrified" giant sculpted from Fort Dodge gypsum and the life of the Ringling Brothers. This book is a nice collection of tidbits about the history of the state of Iowa. I am a lifelong resident of the state, so naturally I enjoyed it. However, that is not a necessary precondition to the enjoyment of others.
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