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William B Friedricks
Bill Knapp, a leading business figure and philanthropist in Des Moines, enjoyed a rags-to-riches rise that took him from a poor, southern Iowa farm to create and build Iowa Realty…
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What started with a single man seeking opportunity in the new capital city of Des Moines, eventually grew into one of the largest construction firms in the country. Through its…
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Documents the life and legacy of Des Moines area real estate mogul and philanthropist William (BIll) C. Knapp and provides an inside look at the growth and development of the…
For decades, the Iowa State Fair was considered the classic summer exposition; it was what most Americans envisioned when they thought of a state fair. But years of neglect almost…
Unstoppable is the first in-depth biography of Roxanne Barton Conlin, who rose from a difficult childhood where she faced an abusive father, to become a leading Iowa attorney, feminist, political…
Brian Duffy
Brian Duffy has been poking fun at the Iowa caucuses for just about as long as they’ve been a media circus, since the 1970s. Now, the longtime editorial cartoonist has…
Julianne Couch
Most people in the US live in urban areas; still, there are nearly fifty million people living in small towns of just a few thousand people or less. Some towns…
Lyell D. Henry Jr
The first book on the Jefferson highway, this covers its origin, history, and significance, as well as its eventual fading from most memories following the replacement of names by numbers…
