The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa

Informationen zum Autor David Hudson recently retired as acquisitions librarian for the State Historical Society of Iowa. Marvin Bergman has edited the Annals of Iowa for the State Historical Society of Iowa since 1987. He is the coeditor of Unionizing the Jungles: Labor and Community in the Twentieth-Century Meatpacking Industry (IOWA! 1997) and the editor of the Iowa History Reader (IOWA edition! 2008). Loren Horton retired as senior historian after twenty-four years of working for the State Historical Society of Iowa. Klappentext Written by an impressive team of more than 150 scholars and writers, the readable narratives include each subject's name, birth and death dates, place of birth, education, and career and contributions. Many of the names will be instantly recognizable to most Iowans; others are largely forgotten but deserve to be remembered. Beyond the distinctive lives and times captured in the individual biographies, readers of the dictionary will gain an appreciation for how the character of the state has been shaped by the character of the individuals who have inhabited it. Zusammenfassung Iowa has been blessed with citizens of strong character who have made invaluable contributions to the state and to the nation. Written by a team of more than 150 scholars and writers! this title presents the rewarding lives of more than four hundred notable citizens of the Hawkeye State.

Product details

• Authors: David (EDT)/ Bergman Hudson
• Assisted by: Marvin Bergman (Editor), Loren Horton (Editor), Loren N. Horton (Editor), David Hudson (Editor), David L. Hudson (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9781587296857
• ISBN: 978-1-58729-685-7
• No. of pages: 594
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 44 mm
• Series: A Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Book; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Books; Bur Oak Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works