Legendary Locals of Wheaton, Illinois - Softcover

Call, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1467100110 ISBN 13: 9781467100113

Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC), 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Call Keith

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Reseña del editor:

A city is not merely its structures but also its citizens, the men and women

working hard and raising families, aspiring to ideals or lofty dreams. Since

its founding as a farm community by tough New England sodbusters,

Wheaton has provided residency for an amazing array of personalities, from

ex-slave William Osborne to astronaut Shannon Lucid, from sculptors to

preachers, from intensely focused athletes to "ordinary" citizens performing

extraordinary, selfless acts. As Carl Sandburg, poet laureate of Illinois,

mused, "These are the people, with flaws and failings, with patience,

sacrifice, devotion, the people." Portraying glimpses of their humor, insight,

dedication, and ability, this book seeks to celebrate only a fraction of

these fascinating individuals, the true heart and soul of the city--and the

nation.

Biografía del autor:

Keith Call is the special collections assistant at the Wheaton College Archives & Special Collections. He has published two books for Arcadia, Wheaton and Oregon, Illinois, and is the general editor of the Selected Works of Clyde Kilby. He has published fiction in Inklings magazine, in addition to nonfiction in Books & Culture and SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review.

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• Verlag: ARCADIA PUB (SC)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1467100110
• ISBN 13: 9781467100113
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 127