In 2001, the Hawkeye State will celebrate its 155th anniversary of statehood.The book asks, "What legendary film star was born in Winterset in1907?" and "What popular ice cream treat was invented in the town ofOnawa in 1920?" (Answers: John Wayne; the Eskimo Pie).
This book is the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the Hawkeye State.
Janice Beck Stock, a graduate of Iowa State University and coauthor of
A Treasury of Iowa Tales, is a homemaker and mother of two. She lives in Titonka, Iowa.
Ken Beck is an editor for The Tennesseean in Nashville, Tennessee, and a freelance writer.
With coauthor Jim Clark, he has written Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook, The All-American Cowboy Cookbook, Mary Ann's Gilligan's Island Cookbook, Aunt Bee's Delightful Desserts, Aunt Bee's Mealtime in Mayberry, and Mayberry Memories.
Alan Beck, like his sister Janice, is a native of Iowa and an Iowa State graduate. He is an investment consultant and lives in West Des Moines, Iowa.