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A Treasury of Iowa Tales: Unusual, Interesting, and Little-Known Stories of Iowa
By Webb Garrison and Janice Beck Stock
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Unusual, interesting and little known stories of the state of Iowa. A Treasury of IowaTales is aimed at the target of familiarity-plus-novelty. These suspense-packed stories constitute "history for the ordinary person," and a few include really great traditions passed orally from generation to generation.
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