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Bur oak book Dear Molly, Dear Olive Explore the United States Fact finders PursuitsPohlen, Jerome.
Summary: This zany travel guide presents a more peculiar state than the Iowa Tourism Office might like out-of-towners to imagine. Leaving out the traditional scenic trips to the Mississippi River bluffs and the Amana Colonies, this guide will take the adventurous traveler to the future birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk, the home of the "Lonely Goat Herder" marionettes from The Sound of Music, and the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2005
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.7 IOWA POHKalish, Mildred Armstrong.
Summary: Mildred Armstrong Kalish's "Little Heathens" is a compelling memoir of her hardscrabble life on an Iowa farm during the 1930s. With no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 977.7 KALAtwood, Megan
Summary: When Olive makes up a story about a trip to Paris to impress her New York pen pal Molly, the lies quickly get out of hand, and threaten their long distance friendship.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ATWNorthcott, Dennis.
Summary: Contains death records of more than 36,000 G.A.R. members, who served in regiments from 37 states and territories.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: D. Northcott 2007
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 973.76 NORSummary: A con man in the guise of a traveling salesman gets off the train in River City, Iowa. He convinces the town to finance a children's marching band instead of a pool hall. Special features include: 'Right Here in River City' Documentary and Introduction by Shirley Jones.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2010
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MUS RATED GCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSDykstra, Katherine
Summary: "A riveting investigation into a cold case asks how much control women have over their bodies and the direction of their lives. In July 1970, eighteen-year-old Paula Oberbroeckling left her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and never returned. A cold case for fifty years, Paula's story had been largely forgotten when Katherine Dykstra began looking for answers. A woman was dead. Why had no one been...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 DYKBruce, Taylor
Summary: Inside Wildsam Iowa Prairie, you’ll find the deep story of the Hawkeye State; insider tips from America’s foremost school for writers; a roadtrip to legendary baseball diamonds, epic country fairs and ancient monuments; guides to small towns and surprising cities; interviews with award-winning novelists, community leaders, shopkeepers, farmers and crafters; delightful miscellany from the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wildsam Field Guides 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.77 IOWA PRAIRIE WILMyron, Vicki
Summary: "In the tradition of Marley: A Dog Like No Other, this is the story of a cat who was more than a pet, and the amazing effect he had on the people around him. This middle-grade adaptation of the Grand Central bestseller Dewey features an 8-page photo insert, including exclusive, never-before-seen photos of the Dew! Now everyone's favorite library cat can inspire a new audience of young readers...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2010
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J636.8 MYRFeldstein, Peter.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Welcome Books 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 977.7655 BLOForgrave, Reid
Summary: "The story of a young man from small-town Iowa who decided to take his own life rather than continue his losing battle against the traumatic brain injuries (CTE) he had sustained as a no-holds-barred high school football player, and at the same time a larger story about the hot-button issues that football raises about masculinity and violence, and about what values we want to instill in our...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EASTER, ZAC FORHuftalen, Sarah Gillespie
Summary: "Presents excerpts from the diary of Sarah Gillespie, a pioneer girl living in Iowa in the late 1860s"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 977.7385 HUFLoveless, Leslie A.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Iowa Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 779 LOVSummary: In the small town of Norway, Iowa, the high school baseball team is led by legendary Coach Jim Van Scoyoc who has won 19 State Championships. But the small town heroes are dealt a series of unexpected blows that threaten to rob them of their 20th championship win. Talk of a school merger gets serious and Coach Scoyoc is fired. His replaced is his 24-year-old assistant coach, Kent Stock. Failure...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2008
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Final 2007Summary: A silver-tongued swindler cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying expensive musical instruments and uniforms for a planned boys' marching band. His scam is complicated by his feelings for the local librarian, who is also the only person in town who knows anything about music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Home Entertainment 2003
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSSummary: Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999
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2 available in Musicals DVDs, Call number: DVD MUSICALS MUSSummary: The Jordan family has farmed in Iowa for generations. Due to the crisis of the '80s and '90s, they are in danger of losing the farm. One of the daughters comes back home to document the extraordinary efforts the family makes to keep their farm.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Genius Products 2006
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC TROBloom, Stephen G.
Summary: A portrait of cultural conflict in action visits a small Iowa community where Lubavitcher Jews opened a successful slaughterhouse and found themselves in conflict with gentile neighbors.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.733 BLOMurray, Julie
Summary: Presents basic information about Iowa, including important cities, fun facts, and places of interest.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 977.7 MURAtwood, Megan
Summary: Pen pals Molly and Olive consider themselves best friends even though they have never actually met because Molly lives in New York City and Olive lives on a farm in Iowa--but when Olive finds a diamond bracelet in the grass the two girls start to wonder if they can finally get the money for one of them to visit the other.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Young Readers 2017
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC ATWGudenkauf, Heather
Summary: "Det. Maggie Kennedy-O'Keefe of the Grotto, Iowa, PD is assigned to a cold case, the murder of her 16-year-old best friend, Eve Knox, after two kids find a new piece of evidence, Eve's boot, in the cave where Maggie found Eve's body 25 years earlier."--Publisher's description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUDSummary: Miguel 'Sugar' Santos is a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family. He is a talented pitcher who might just have what it takes to earn a prized spot on a Major League Baseball team. Before that happens he'll have to prove his worth in the minor leagues. Advancing in baseball's minor league...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SUG1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF SUG
Bryan, Patricia L.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.1523 BRYZaslow, Jeffrey.
Summary: A testament to the deep bonds of women as they experience life's joys and challenges-- and the power of friendship to triumph over heartbreak and unexpected tragedy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gotham Books 2009
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: 305.4092 ZasSummary: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection contains film versions of the five major works by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, who helped define the American musical landscape and rewrite the direction of musical theater. After enjoying extremely successful careers working with others, Rodgers and Hammerstein first teamed up in 1943 for the prairie tale Oklahoma!, with songs including "Oh,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006