ROUGUES AND HEROES FROM IOWA'S AMAZING PAST. Drawings By Frank Miller ~ SIGNED COPY~

Mills, George

ISBN 10: 0813808650 / ISBN 13: 9780813808659

Published by Ames Iowa. 1972. University Of Iowa Press, 1972

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orange cloth hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. previous owner's name inked at top of title pg., SIGNED with a dated inscription (see photos) to the previous owner by George Mills on the 1/2 title pg. otherwise contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. with tiny bit of wrinkling & a couple nicks on the rear, not price clipped (no price listed) nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). foreword by Clark R. Mollenhoff. xii+252p. b&w photos & drawings. bibliography. index. american history. history of iowa. biography. americana. ~ To IOWANS who say the history of their state is unexciting George Mills has a quick reply: "That's bosh. Iowa has had at least its share of lively individuals who have sparked the distant and recent past." Indeed it has, and this book proves it. Using a city~by~city approach, Mills relates the stories of the many exciting characters and events that highlighted the local past of 18 Iowa cities. The reader meets a myriad of intriguing individuals, including George Washington Carver, the five brave Sullivan boys, Billy Sunday, John Dillinger and his gang, Bix Beiderbecke, Chief Black Hawk, the absurd Cherry Sisters, the feminist Carrie Chapman Catt, and the glamorous Lillian Russell. One also learns of such exciting historic events as the Margarine War of 1943, the Cardiff Giant hoax, the $3.5 million train robbery of 1920, the building of the Capitol, and the beginnings of the multimillion~dollar Sheaffer Pen Company. Throughout the book, the reader becomes increasingly aware of the great cyclical flow of events in Iowa's bygone days: the enormous westward migration in nineteenth~century America; the displacement of the Indians; the great wars and their effect on communities and families; the rise of women's rights; the struggles over the rights of blacks and Indians; the crimes and swindles; progress . It all adds up to fascinating reading for any age.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ROUGUES AND HEROES FROM IOWA'S AMAZING PAST. Drawings By Frank Miller ~ SIGNED COPY~
• Publisher: Ames Iowa. 1972. University Of Iowa Press
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813808650
• ISBN 13: 9780813808659
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Frank Miller
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • history of iowa
  • biography
  • american history

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Book by George Mills