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Summary: Comprised of 12 stories by World War II veterans. These detailed and compelling stories bring a critical time in our history back to life. Editor Jane Cox helps these veterans tell their stories in...
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Call #: ARCHIVES 940.54 HER 2002
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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(7)
Summary: The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa includes each subject's name, birth and death dates, place of birth, education, and career and contributions. Many of the names will be instantly recognizable to...
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Call #: 977.7 BIO 2009 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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BOOK
Call #: 977.7923 KAL 1983 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Call #: ARCHIVES 977.7 DES
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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Ron Corbett
(5)
Summary: "Beyond Promises" is a memoir of sorts by Ron Corbett, who became the youngest speaker of the Iowa House of Representatives and who now is finishing up his eighth year as mayor of Iowa's second...
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Call #: B CORBETT 2017 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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David Gebhard
(4)
Summary: In Buildings of Iowa, David Gebhard and Gerald Mansheim trace Iowa's architectural history from the earliest Native American influences to the present. Divided into five regional areas -- Mississippi...
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Call #: 977.7 GEB 1993 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Mary L Jones
(9)
Summary: Using images from Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, depicts history and content encompassing a century at Camp Dodge and its immediate vicinity.
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Call #: ARCHIVES 355.7 JON 2009
Locations: Iowa Collection, Archives
copies in: 2 of 2
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Verne Lyon
(11)
Summary: An Iowa boy away at college, Verne Lyon was recruited by the CIA to spy on college professors and fellow students as part of Operation CHAOS, a massive surveillance program at the height of the...
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Call #: 327.12 LYO 2018 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Chris Norton
(656)
Summary: In a moment, Chris went from a talented eighteen-year-old Luther College football player with a promising future to a quadriplegic with a 3 percent chance of ever moving or feeling anything below his...
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Call #: B NORTON 2019 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Heidi Radkiewicz
(96)
Summary: Explores the challenges and joys of a new marriage beset by the horrors of war. Beyond the usual complications of limited closet space and awkward dinners with the in-laws, National Guard recruits...
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Call #: 958.104 RAD 2018 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Pamela Riney-Kehrberg
(3)
Summary: Iowa in the 1980s -- the state was at the epicenter of a nationwide agricultural collapse unmatched since the Great Depression. While farms failed and banks foreclosed, rural and small town Iowans...
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Call #: 338.1 RIN 2022 IOWA
Location: New Iowa Collection
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Rob Sand
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Summary: Rob Sands gives an inside look at one of the most complicated yet seat-of-your-pants financial investigations and prosecutions in recent history. Rob Sand, the youngest attorney in his office, was...
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Call #: 795 SAN 2022 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Lee Schott
(12)
Summary: Messy, raw, and real aren't the words most of us use when we say what|s good about our churches. But what if they were? Author Lee Schott found out, serving a beautiful church inside the Iowa women|s...
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Call #: 259 SCH 2019 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Neal Edward Smith
Summary: "I have lived all but one year of a century. My century started on March 23, 1920, and upon reflection, I believe it has seen more important changes and developments both good and bad than occurred...
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Call #: B SMITH 2019 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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Laura Sohl-Cryer
Summary: This book is not only an invitation for you to get a glimpse into life on our family farm, it is a reminder for you to see how God is working during each and every moment in your life. Ultimately, it...
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Call #: 242 SOH 2022 IOWA
Location: New Iowa Collection
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![The White labyrinth [music CD] : Harvey Sollberger at eighty](https://images.johnstonlibrary.com/186674@2x.jpg)
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Harvey Sollberger composer, performer
Summary: The venerable Harvey Sollberger -- flutist, composer, and conductor, is honored with a recording of his music celebrating his 80th birthday. The six works on this disc were composed over a 57-year...
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Call #: CD/CL SOL IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Tony D. Thelen
(9)
Summary: This book is written for everyone who has ever wondered, am I doing this right? when thinking about their lives and careers.
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Call #: 158.1 THE 2022 IOWA
Location: Adult Displays - Circ 2
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Virgil J Vogel
(2)
Summary: Is Wapsipinicon just a melodic but meangingless label for a picturesque Iowa river? Or is it a living name rich in historical and cultural associations? It is one of some 200 place names traced to...
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Call #: 977.7 VOG 1983 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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Kathleen Vyn
(10)
Summary: You say you don't believe in ghosts? After you read these spine-tingling stories of real-life encounters with the uncanny, you'll have to admit that there's something hard to explain going on in the old mansions and graveyards of Iowa.
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Call #: 133.1 VYN 2008 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Robert Waggoner
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Summary: While lucid (consciously aware) in the dream state and able to act and interact with dream figures, objects, and settings, dream expert Robert Waggoner experienced something transformative and...
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Call #: 154.63 WAG 2009 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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Matthew R Walsh
(10)
Summary: After Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes. The Tai Dam, an ethnic group from northern Vietnam, campaigned for...
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Call #: 977.7 WAL 2017 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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Bob Wilbanks
(87)
Summary: Beginning December 8, 1941, this is the story of a young Iowa Marine at the U.S. Navy Yard barracks at Cavite. It continues through the fighting on Corregidor; his capture by the Japanese Imperial...
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Call #: 940.5472 WIL 2004 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
copies in: 1 of 1
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Mark D. Wilson
(7)
Summary: Some people deserve to be heroes. A combination of simplicity and courage, honor and compassion, coordination and generosity. 2018 marks the hundredth birthday of one of Iowa's most notable native...
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Call #: B KINNICK 2018 IOWA
Location: Iowa Collection
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