Iowa: The Middle Land

by Dorothy Schwieder

Paperback, 1996

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Iowa State Pr (1996), 400 pages

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In this engrossing history of the Hawkeye State, Dorothy Schweider reveals a place of fascinating grassroots politics, economic troubles and triumphs, surprising cultural diversity, and unsung natural beauty. Above all, this is the history of the people of Iowa and the lives they have led-the accomplishments of both ordinary and not-so-ordinary Iowans.

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LibraryThing member Schmerguls

Even though as recently as 19 Feb 2015 I read Leland Sage's history of Iowa, when I learned of this book I wanted to read it. Sage's book only goes to 1974 and deals mostly with political history. This book was published in 1996 and deals mainly with social and economic history--usually not the

kind of history which I appreciate, but I found when it dealt with Iowa and so much I was familiar with, it was of great interest, maybe because I have lived through over half the time that Iowa has been a state. I did not think the book was overly well-researched, but so much that it relates was pertinent to my memory that I nevertheless found the book absorbing. It gave context to particularly the early years of my time in Iowa.

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