Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Literary    5. Regional Subjects - Midwest    6. United States - State & Local - General    7. American history    8. Literature: History & Criticism    9. Local history    10. USA   

Subjects:  1. 1871-1940    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Historians    5. Historical - General    6. Historiography    7. History    8. History: American    9. Iowa    10. Iowa - Local History    11. Public history    12. Regional Subjects - Midwest    13. Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin,    14. United States    15. United States - State & Local - General    16. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    17. Shambaugh, Benjamin Franklin    18. USA   

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Daughter of a country doctor
Cora Frear Hawkins was born in Iowa in 1887. As the daughter of a rural doctor, Cora had the experience of travelling with her father on medical calls and assisting with his practice as she got older. This book is a memoir of those times with her father. It opens with a blizzard that he went out in just before she was born, and closes with his death more than forty years later. It is a slim volume and a quick, smooth read. The chapters are loosely grouped around subject areas such as the life of the wife of a doctor, the buggy and horses that the doctor used, and her period as an office assistant.
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Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. History    5. Iowa    6. Iowa - Local History    7. Physician and patient    8. Physicians    9. Reference    10. Regional Subjects - Midwest    11. Frear, Edwin D    12. Local history    13. USA   

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A fine book
Among personal accounts of idyllic summers on a lake with kids and adults this may be the best. The author reprises her childhood on the lake (in Michigan) but knows that while she returns to camp there is no going back. Her writing is simple yet affecting. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Essays    4. General    5. History - U.S.    6. Homes and haunts    7. Literary    8. Michigan    9. Michigan - Local History    10. Natural History    11. Pinewoods Camp    12. Pinewoods Camp (Mich.)    13. Regional Subjects - Midwest    14. Schultz, Elizabeth A    15. Schultz, Elizabeth A.    16. Social life and customs    17. United States - State & Local - General   

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bias works both ways
The birth father of this poor boy was villified in the media merely for trying to get his son -- who was given up for adoption without his consent -- back.What parent wouldn't try to do that?
Karen Moriarty's biases
I think before people read this book they should be aware that this 'therapist' is hardly an impartial counselor. She had a strong anti-adoption bias from the start, so any testimony from her on how Baby Richard is doing is automatically suspect. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Adoption    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Regional Subjects - Midwest    4. Specific Groups - General   

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Fascinating description of life on the frontier of Dakota
Hamilton was one of the small ranchers who traveled to Dakota after the Civil War to find his fortune.Written years after the events described, the clarity with which he recalls the events and the details of daily lifeare amazing.The good-humored style and the simple stories have the powerto make you wish you could have gone along with those hardy pioneers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1863-1945    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Butte County    7. Farmers & Ranchers    8. Frontier and pioneer life    9. General    10. Hamilton, William Henry,    11. Harding County    12. Historical - General    13. Pioneers    14. Ranchers    15. Regional Subjects - Midwest    16. South Dakota    17. United States - State & Local - General    18. United States - State & Local - Midwest    19. United States - State & Local - West    20. Hamilton, William Henry   

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Dreiser's motor trip back home to Indiana

Dreiser and Me
I read Sister Carrie when I was a teenager in China.The other day I listened to a Hoosier's holiday on Talking Books.He went back to his hometown after some thirty years.I went back to my hometown, Hangzhou,China and saw my old house now completely destroyed and replaced by a hugescaffolding.Somehow I felt my experience wasn't so different fromDreisers.I liked the book so much I'm going to order a copy to readcertain parts again, although I have been in Indianapolis exactly once inmy lifetime. Indianapolis and Hangzhou are world's apart.Dreiser and meare only 50 years apart but I feel I knew how he felt.Kai Lai Chung

Dreiser and Me
I read Sister Carrie when I was a teenager in China.The other day I listened to a Hoosier's holiday on Talking Books.He went back to his hometown after some thirty years.I went back to my hometown, Hangzhou,China and saw my old house now completely destroyed and replaced by a hugescaffolding.Somehow I felt my experience wasn't so different fromDreisers.I liked the book so much I'm going to order a copy to readcertain parts again, although I have been in Indianapolis exactly once inmy lifetime. Indianapolis and Hangzhou are world's apart.Dreiser and meare only 50 years apart but I feel I knew how he felt.Kai Lai Chung ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Description and travel    3. Historical - U.S.    4. Indiana    5. Literary    6. New York (State)    7. Ohio    8. Pennsylvania    9. Regional Subjects - Midwest    10. Travel    11. Travel & holiday guides   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography And Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Farmers & Ranchers    6. Personal Memoirs    7. Regional Subjects - Midwest    8. Business & Economics / Labor    9. Gardening / General   

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Men who Made a Difference
Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, James Cox, John Patterson, James Ritty, and other men have brought many great inventions and insight into the world of business, politics, and science. These guys are known mostly for their contributions to human progress but they also have one more thing in common: they all grew up and/or lived in the city of Dayton, Ohio, when they achieved greatness. Author Mike Bernstein wrote this book in 1996 to commemorate the bicentennial of the city of Dayton and to celebrate the many native men who helped change the world. Fascinating Review of Turn of the Century American Ingenuity
Mr. Bernstein does a great job bringing to life the interactions among the Wright Brothers, Boss Kettering, and John Patterson in turn of the century Dayton, Ohio.Did you know John Patterson (founder of National CashRegister)invented the canned sales pitch and direct mail marketing?Andthe way the book covers the five year period it took the Wright Brothers toconcur flight is spellbinding.I have purchased five copies of this bookto give to various friends, all of whom loved it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. (James Middleton),    2. 1870-1957    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Civilization    7. Cox, James M    8. Cox, James M.    9. Dayton (Ohio)    10. Historical - U.S.    11. History    12. Regional Subjects - Midwest    13. Scientists - Inventors    14. Kettering, Charles Franklin    15. Morgan, Arthur Ernest    16. Patterson, John Henry    17. Wright, Orville    18. Wright, Wilbur   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts    3. Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs    4. Biography & Autobiography / Political    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. City council members    7. Entertainment & Performing Arts - General    8. History    9. History: American    10. Italian Americans    11. Minnesota    12. Performing Arts (General)    13. Personal Memoirs    14. Political    15. Regional Subjects - Midwest    16. Saint Paul    17. Saint Paul (Minn.)    18. U.S. History - 1960s    19. United States - State & Local - Midwest   

Subjects:  1. 1943-    2. 20th century    3. Anecdotes    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Cleveland (Ohio)    6. History    7. History: American    8. Regional Subjects - Midwest    9. United States - State & Local - General    10. Watt, Ron,   

Subjects:  1. 1783-1858    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Boone, Olive Van Bibber,    7. Historical - U.S.    8. Ignon Ouaconisen,    9. Missouri    10. Missouri - Local History    11. Regional Subjects - Midwest    12. United States - State & Local - General    13. Women    14. Women In The U.S.    15. Women pioneers    16. Women's Studies - General    17. ca. 1700-ca. 1751    18. Boone, Olive Van Bibber    19. Ignon Ouaconisen    20. Reed, Nell Donnelly    21. Tolton, Martha Jane Chisley   

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A witty and heartfelt depiction of small town life.
No-Account Angels is a soulful account of small town life, one surprisingly filled with extraordinary events.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Personal Memoirs    6. Regional Subjects - Midwest    7. Women    8. North Central & Mid-West states    9. FICTION / General   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Childhood Memoir    4. Regional Subjects - Midwest   

Subjects:  1. 1956-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Description and travel    6. Essays    7. Home    8. Knopp, Lisa,    9. Lincoln Region (Neb.)    10. Natural History    11. Nature/Ecology    12. Nebraska    13. Psychological aspects    14. Regional Subjects - Midwest    15. United States - Midwest - Nebraska    16. Women    17. Women authors, American    18. Biography: general    19. Knopp, Lisa    20. Philosophy   

Subjects:  1. 1893-    2. Agricultural History    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Farm life    6. Farmers    7. Farmers & Ranchers    8. General    9. History    10. History: American    11. McMillen, Wheeler,    12. Ohio    13. Regional Subjects - Midwest    14. United States - State & Local - General    15. McMillen, Wheeler   

Subjects:  1. 1860-1930    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Emigration & Immigration    5. Ethnic Cultures - General    6. Family    7. Frank family    8. Franke, Frank,    9. Germans    10. Illinois    11. Immigrants    12. Regional Subjects - Midwest    13. Social Science    14. Sociology    15. Springfield    16. Springfield (Ill.)    17. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    18. Biography & Autobiography / General    19. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    20. Germany    21. Immigration & emigration    22. USA   

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Memories of My College Days at the U of M
My wife bought me this book for a Christmas present a few years ago.The author presents a very humorous account of his college days at the University of Michigan. Since I also lived in the same dormitory as the author,as well as in much of the same time period, I could vividly recall many of the people he descrbed in this narrative as well as many of the events.Jerry brought back to memory many humorous times in our lives as engineering students.I couldn't stop laughing because what he described was how it was in the 1950's and believe it or not those stories and events really did happen. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Education    3. Higher    4. History    5. Regional Subjects - Midwest    6. Students & Student Life    7. Childhood and youth    8. Harju, Jerry   

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Once I started it, I couldn't put it down
'Sudden Death, Overtime' was one of the most inspirational books I have ever had the pleasure of reading.It was colorfully written and so attaching that I read for hours just to realize I had finished the book in one sitting. Injustice in a small town!
My wife and I both just finished Sudden Death, Overtime.Despite quite a few typographical errors, it is the most compelling and best book I have read in years.Why?My bias may show, but 1. I am a teacher; 2. I know Dennis Courneya; 3. I lived in the town of Hancock for 3 years and could picture almost all the people he wrote about; and 4. my wife's father was the superintendent of schools in Hancock at the time Dennis was hired.I found this book to be straight forward (although, at times the trial transcripts were a bit confusing--the girls, like, really, like should like get rid of, like, too many "likes" in their vocabulary) and not an over glorification of the author. After reading the book I really felt like I was smacked in the face because, unfortunately, this could happen to any of us.I was appalled at the lack of action and concern by the teacher's union (yes, I am a member!), as well as the judge, the jury, and everyone else that was involved in this travesty.I also lost a lot of respect that I had for superintendent Larson and the school counselor, Carol Johnson. I applaud Dennis and his fortitude in surviving the trial, the prison, and everything else he has been subjected to.I'm not sure I would have survived it.I would LOVE to see this as a TV movie!

Unacceptable Justice
Sudden Death Overtime is a spellbinding, compelling book that illustrates what should be unacceptable behavior by those involved in the legal system, including citizens on the jury.Read more

Subjects:  1. Basketball - General    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Educators    6. General    7. Regional Subjects - Midwest    8. Basketball    9. Education   

Subjects:  1. 1970-    2. Animals    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Daum, Ann,    8. Prairies    9. Ranch life    10. Regional Subjects - Midwest    11. South Dakota    12. Women    13. Women ranchers