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The Way We Were: Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks
The Way We Were: Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks
The Way We Were: Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks
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A Bygone Era

A time when one-room schools still populated the hills, and small-town teenagers in cars equipped with AM radios and stick shifts cruised Main Street after homecoming games. The Way We Were . . . Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks is a collection of articles from Lonnie Whitaker's award-winning newspa

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Release dateAug 16, 2023
ISBN9798985778090
The Way We Were: Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks
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Lonnie Whitaker

Lonnie Whitaker attended a two-room school in the Missouri Ozarks and later earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Missouri School of Law. He served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney and retired as district counsel for a federal agency and now works as a writer. His novels, Geese to a Poor Market and Soda Fountain Blues, both won the Ozark Writers' League Best Book of the Year Award. He is the author of an award-winning children's book series about Mulligan the cat. His short stories have been published by Chicken Soup for the Soul, Five Star Publishing, Missouri Life, The Ozark Mountaineer, and several anthologies. His newspaper column, "The Way We Were . . Personal Reflections on Life in the Ozarks" is published bi-weekly by the Howell County News, and has won multiple awards from the Missouri Writers Guild. He and his wife live in Missouri with two dogs and a rescued tomcat.

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