Home Town Memories Of Grinnell Iowa

Author : Dave Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483610207

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More Hometown Memories of Grinnell, Iowa by Dave Adkins Pdf

As a student of local history, I find Daves stories of old Grinnell very fascinating. We who lived in this era of the 40s, 50s, and 60s have some interesting things to share with others about our town and its people. His broad knowledge continues to amaze me. How he remembers so much from 50-70 years ago and is able to record it for the rest of us to enjoy is wonderful. If he wants to expand on a topic of which he is unfamiliar, he knows the right person to contact. Yes, he lives in Texas, but he contacts friends all over to help expand on his topics. Daves knowledge and expertise in basketball continued from his first book A Journey in Overseas Basketballwritten in 1997 through the first edition of Home Town Memories of Grinnell, Iowa in 2012 and now into the sequel ofMore Hometown Memories of Grinnell, Iowa.

Author : Dave Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483659510

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Memories of Cornell College by Dave Adkins Pdf

I wrote two previous books about my home town of Grinnell, Iowa, a nostalgic-historical approach. I have done something similar here with "Memories of Cornell College, 1957-1962", it is also nostalgic-historic and I reflect on my time at Cornell, some memories pleasant enough, others not so pleasant. In one of the final scenes of "Cambridge Spies", a non-fiction BBC presentation of the story of a small group of privileged Englishmen who betrayed their country and the Allies and spied for the Soviet Union from the 1930's - 1950's, Anthony Blunt, one of the men in question and Professor of Art History at the University of London at the time, was walking down a busy London street. Someone who recognized him said, "Mr. Blunt, I believe. Yes, you were at Cambridge with Philby, Burgess and McClain. How are they? Went on to bigger and better things, I imagine?" Blunt hesitated, then smiled and replied, "Yes, bigger and better things." At the time Burgess and McClain had just escaped to the Soviet Union, Philby was in the process of catching a midnight steamer from Beirut to Odessa and Blunt was to be revealed, then stripped of his Knighthood and ridiculed publicly. The men I focus on in this book were not spies; in fact one, Captain Ron Zinn lost his life in a firefight in Viet Nam in 1965 and another, Colonel Jerry Huml served in the RVN twice and had a distinguished U.S. Marine Corps career, but, yes they all did without question go on to bigger and better things - things which make Cornell look very good. Dorr, Zinn, Robison, Beamer, Weeden, Sunderlage, Hilmer, Taylor, Huml, Altenberg and others- yes, bigger and better things! This book is about life on the Hill Top over 50 years ago, as I saw it, and its impact on me later. Dave Adkins

Author : Dave Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781493153558

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Essays of Old Grinnell by Dave Adkins Pdf

I have written these articles and essays which are mainly historical-nostalgic and also on the topic of aging. They were published on the Grinnell, Iowa website ourgrinnell.com under the heading of Readers Share Thoughts. I was born in Grinnell, graduated from Grinnell High School in 1957 and Cornell College in 1962. I have a Master's Degree from Iowa State University and the University of Leon and a Doctorate from Middle Tennessee State University. I have lived and worked on Okinawa, in Mozambique and in Australia. Dave Adkins, author

Author : Dave Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781503564565

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Ramblings by Dave Adkins Pdf

I like the idea of a sentimental-historical approach to articles about Grinnell and other topics. Maybe there is no past or no future, only the present. I have a good memory, which is my main research tool. Share ideas and establish contact with old friends and others. Somehow, I believe the blogs on aging are of some value to others. Feedback confirms that. It gives me something worthwhile to do. Too much leisure can be the booby prize of retirement, as can be too much activity. This is a collection of essays which I have written and arranged in a reverse chronological order, starting with the most recent and moving back in time with the others. The main topic of the articles is Grinnell, Iowa, my hometown, but there are also other subjects discussed. They are a historic, nostalgic treatment of many facets of life there in the 1940s and 1950s including Grinnell College and Grinnell High School sporting events, customs in the neighborhoods back then, and the inevitable topic of aging and life as a septuagenarian. The articles on aging are written with my GHS class of 1957 classmates in mind.

Author : Dave Adkins
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781514404102

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A Century of Grinnell High School Athletics by Dave Adkins Pdf

“A Century of GHS Athletics” is an effort to put as many individual and team achievements as possible in one place.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Iowa
ISBN : UIUC:30112049820027

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Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1396 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Music trade
ISBN : PRNC:32101080200056

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Music Trades by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1776-1976
ISBN : MINN:31951D02881594J

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The Bicentennial of the United States of America by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015076489007

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Bulletin of the Iowa Masonic Library by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa Pdf

Author : Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924016253878

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Occasional Bulletin of the Iowa Masonic Library by Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : princeton alumni weekly
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101081976787

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Princeton Alumni Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
ISBN : UOM:39015027007494

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Master Register of Bicentennial Projects, February 1976 by American Revolution Bicentennial Administration Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1332 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Business
ISBN : UIUC:30112033571453

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Iowa Business Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1914
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858045519976

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Iowa Factories by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Small Business Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Small business
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029359234

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Annual Report by United States. Small Business Administration Pdf