Adult Books, S-Z: Iowa: A Literary Landscape

	Iowa: A Literary Landscape
	Adult Works S-Z Introductory Note: Citations feature first edition of the work, with later editions asterisked chronologically. Self published works are noted within the citation. Notes are added for pseudonyms, major fiction awards, setting locations/timeframes, and alternative titles. NOTE: Only stories set in Iowa are included in this bibliography. Authors may have other works not included here.
	Saltzman, Eleanor. Ever Tomorrow. New York: C. McCann, 1936. SETTING NOTE: Mount Ayr, Iowa (Ringgold County) Saltzman, Eleanor. Stuart's Hill: A Novel. New York: Bernard Ackerman, 1945. SETTING NOTE: Mount Ayr, Iowa (Ringgold County) Sample, Grace Gray. While She Was Sleeping. New York: Avalon Books, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Minnesota woman returns to Iowa childhood home Schaap, James C. In the Silence There are Ghosts: A Novel. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1995. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Neukirk, Iowa in 1960s Schaap, James C. Sign of a Promise; and Other Stories. Sioux Center, IA: Dordt College Press, 1979. SETTING NOTE: Nineteenth century Dutch pioneers in Iowa and upper Midwest Schinnow, Richard. Cast Away Stones. Rock Falls, IA: Shell Rock River Press, 2012. Schmitt, Leo Francis. The Shyster Lawyer. Cedar Rapids, IA: Leebodell Co., 1929. Scholl, John. The Changing of the Guard, a Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963. SETTING NOTE: Fictional town of Omega, Iowa from 1929-1959 Schott, Sue. Eva: The Story of a Lifetime. Gaylord, MN: Heaven Sent Creations, 1999. Schultz, Robert. The Madhouse Nudes: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997. SETTING NOTE: New York City couple moves to fictional Delphi, Iowa (modeled on Decorah) (Winneshiek County) Schulze, Dallas. The Way Home. New York: Dell, 1995. Scott, Beverly J. Righteous Revenge. Baltimore, MD: American House Book Publishing, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines twins deal with brutal murder of parents Seilstad, Lorna. A Great Catch: A Novel. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2011. Seilstad, Lorna. Making Waves: A Novel. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2010. SETTING NOTE: Woman struggles with new love in 1895 at Lake Manawa (Lake Manawa State Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa) (Pottawattamie County) Seilstad, Lorna. The Ride of Her Life. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2012. Seilstad, Lorna. When Love Calls: A Novel. Grand Rapids, MI: Revell, 2013. Seltz, Robert. Between the Corn Rows. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, 2012. Sergel, Roger L. Arlie Gelston. New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1923. Shayne, Maggie. Out-of-This-World Marriage. New York: Silhouette Books, 1995. Chatswood, N.S.W.: Silhouette Books, 1995. SETTING NOTE: Paranormal romance in modern-day, small Iowa town Shields, David. Heroes: A Novel.* New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984. New York: Dell Publishing, 1988, 1984. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2004. NOTE: University of Iowa basketball novel SETTING NOTE: Fictional River City, Iowa (Iowa City) in 1960s-1970s Siciliano, Sam. Blood Farm: An Iowa Gothic. New York: Pageant Books, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Gothic/horror novel set in Iowa City, 1972 Sigmund, Jay G. The Least of These. Muscatine, IA: The Prairie Press, 1935. SETTING NOTE: Eastern Iowa (Waubeek area), early 1900s (Linn County) Sigmund, Jay G. The Ridge Road, Short Stories and Poems. Cedar Rapids, IA: Prairie Publishing, 1930. SETTING NOTE: Eastern Iowa (Waubeek area), early 1900s Sigmund, Jay G. Wapsipinicon Tales. Cedar Rapids, IA: Prairie Publishing, 1927. SETTING NOTE: Eastern Iowa, around Waubeek (early 1900s) Slocum, Robert Page. "Politics and Fiction: A Novel and an Essay." Diss. University of Iowa, 1982. Smiley, Jane. At Paradise Gate: A Novel. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1981. New York: Washington Square Press, 1984, 1981. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993,1981. London: Flamingo, 1995, 1981. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998, 1991. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing, 2000, 1981. Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing, 2001. [large print ed.] SETTING NOTE: Middle-class Iowa family in modern-day, small community Smiley, Jane. Moo. New York: Knopf, 1995. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1995. London: Flamingo, 1995. Accord, MA: Wheeler Publishing, 1995. (large print ed.) Boston, MA: Compass Press, 1995. (large print ed.) New York: Ballantine, 1996, 1995. London: Flamingo, 1996, 1995. Toronto: Ballantine, 1996. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1996, 1995. Boston: Compass Press, 1996, 1995. New York: Ballantine, 1998, 1995. SETTING NOTE: "Moo University," probably Ames and ISU (Story County) Smiley, Jane. A Thousand Acres. New York: Knopf, 1991. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1991. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1992, 1991.[large print ed.] New York: Knopf, 1992. New York: Ballantine Books, 1992, 1991. London: Flamingo, 1992. New York: Ivy Books, Ballantine Books, 1996, 1991. London: Flamingo, 1998, 1992. New York: Ballantine Books, 2001. London: Harper Perennial, 2008. NOTE: 1992 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER SETTING NOTE: Zebulon County (possibly modeled on the Ames/Des Moines area) Sollitt, Kenneth W. Our Changing Lives: A Novel.* Eureka, CA: Sunrise Books, 1986. NOTE: (#2 of Ann of the Prairie series) SETTING NOTE: Osceola County farming community in 1800s Sollitt, Kenneth W. Remember the Days: A Novel. Los Angeles: Douglas-West, 1971. Sollitt, Kenneth W. This Rough New Land: A Novel. Eureka, CA: Sunrise Books, 1985. NOTE: (#1 of Ann of the Prairie series) SETTING NOTE: Journey to Osceola County by farmers in the 1800s Sollitt, Kenneth W., Lucy Bullard, and Verna Bullington. Ann of the Prairie: A Family History. Eureka, CA: Sunrise Book Publishers, 1992. NOTE: (#5 of Ann of the Prairie series) SETTING NOTE: Osceola County farming community in 1800s Soule, Caroline A. White. The Pet of the Settlement: A Story of Prairie-Land. Boston: A. Thompkins, 1860. Boston: Tompkins and Company, 1863. Boston: Benton Smith, 1863. Boston: Benton Smith, 1867. Boston: A Thompkins, 1970, 1979. NOTE: Also listed with title: Little Alice, or the Pet of the Settlement: A Story of Prairie-Land Speer, Ralph. The Voice of the Middlewest: A Novel. Des Moines, IA: Parable House Publishers, 1977, 1980. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines and Iowa State Fair Spence, Hartzell. Get Thee Behind Me: My Life as a Preacher's Son. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1942. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1942. Toronto: G.J. McLeod, 1942. New York: Council on Books in Wartime, 1943, 1942. New York: Jarrolds, 1943. SETTING NOTE: Denver, Iowa (Bremer County) and Riverton, Iowa (Fremont County) Spence, Hartzell. One Foot in Heaven: The Life of a Practical Parson. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1940. New York: Whittlesey House, 1941, 1940. Harrisburg, PA: Military Service Publishing Co., 1945. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1947. [London]: Severn House, 1975, 1940. Chicago: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1976. SETTING NOTE: Denver, Iowa (Bremer County) and Riverton, Iowa (Fremont County) Spivak, Talbot. The Bride Wore the Traditional Gold.* New York: Knopf, 1972. SETTING NOTE: Academic couple at the University of Iowa (Johnson County) Spragg, Mark. An Unfinished Life: A Novel. New York: Knopf, 2004. New York: Random House, 2004. [large print ed.] London: Jonathan Cape, 2004. New York: Vintage, 2005, 2004. SETTING NOTE: Woman flees abusive, Iowa life for new home in Wyoming Stansfield, Anita. A Quiet Promise. The Barrington Family Saga Series, bk.2.* American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Mormon (LDS) family settles in 1800s pioneer Iowa Stansfield, Anita. At Heaven's Door. The Barrington Family Saga Series, bk.3. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Iowa, Mormon (LDS) family struggles to join westward trek to Utah Stansfield, Anita. Promise of Zion. The Barrington Family Saga series, bk.4. American Fork, UT: Covenant Communications, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Mormon (LDS) travels from Iowa City to Salt Lake City Stasney, Kirsten Jacobson. Thy Father's Will. Minneapolis, MN: Kirk House, 2009. SETTING NOTE: Wealthy businessman and patriarch attempts to save only son (Story City, Iowa) (Story County) Steedle, Nancy. Layer of Lies: A Shelby Drake Mystery. Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Young detective becomes involved in Iowa mystery Steel, Danielle. Leap of Faith. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. New York: Random House Large Print, 2001. London: Bantam, 2001. New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. [large print ed.] New York: Dell Publishing, 2002. SETTING NOTE: French heiress exiled to modern-day Iowa Stegner, Wallace Earle. Remembering Laughter. Boston: Little, Brown, 1937. New York: Dell, 1937. New York: Penguin Books, 1996, 1937. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farm life in early 1900s Steinbach, Meredith. Zara. New York: Ecco Press, 1982. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1996, 1982. SETTING NOTE: Follows life of Iowa female physician Stephenson, Neal, and George Frederick. Cobweb.* New York: Bantam, 1996. New York: Bantam, 2005. London: Arrow Books, 2006. SETTING NOTE: Iraqi students perform bioterrorism research at Iowa university Stong, Philip Duffield. Blizzard. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1955. [s.l.]: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farm, possibly near Keosauqua (Van Buren County) Stong, Philip Duffield. Buckskin Breeches. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. London: A. Barker, 1937. SETTING NOTE: Family settling in fictional Pittsville (Keosauqua) in 1837 Stong, Philip Duffield. Career. Harcourt, Brace, 1936. London: Barker, 1936. Stong, Philip Duffield. Farmer in the Dell.* New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1935. SETTING NOTE: Iowans struggle for success in Hollywood. Stong, Philip Duffield. Forty Pounds of Gold. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1951. Stong, Philip Duffield. High Water. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1937. SETTING NOTE: 1904 Iowa flood, possibly focused on Keosauqua area Stong, Philip Duffield. Ivanhoe Keeler. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. Stong, Philip Duffield. The Long Lane. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1939. Stong, Philip Duffield. One Destiny. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1942. Stong, Philip Duffield. The Princess. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1941. Stong, Philip Duffield. The Rebellion of Lennie Barlow. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1937. New York: Court Book Co., 1937. New York: Court Book Co., 1941. Stong, Philip Duffield. Return in August. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953. [London]: Barker, 1954. Stong, Philip Duffield. State Fair.* New York: The Century, 1932. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1932. London: Arthur Barker, 1932. New York: Literary Guild, 1932. New York: Council on Books in Wartime, 1944, 1932. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1945. New York: Signet Books, 1950. New York: New American Library, 1950, 1932. New York: Dramatic Publishing Co., 1952. New York: Bantam, 1962, 1959. London: Tom Stacey, 1972, 1932. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1996. SETTING NOTE: Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, late 1920s Stong, Philip Duffield. Stranger's Return.* Harcourt Brace, 1933. London: A. Barker, 1933. Stong, Philip Duffield. The Village Tale.* Harcourt Brace, 1934. Strieber, Whitley. Billy. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1990. New York: Berkley Books, 1991, 1990. [s.l.]: Futura Publications, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Boy kidnapped from the Iowa City area (Johnson County) Stromme, Peer O., and Inga Bredesen Norstog. Halvor. Larsen, WI: Grandview Books, 2003. NOTE:Updated edition of 1936 translation of original Norwegian text SETTING NOTE: Northeastern Iowa (Decorah area) (Poweshiek County) Stromme, Peer O., and Inga Bredesen Norstog. How Halvor Became a Minister. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1936. NOTE: First English translation of 1892-1893 Norwegian serial publication SETTING NOTE: Norwegian immigrants and settlement in 1800s northeastern Iowa (Poweshiek County) Stromme, Peer O., Inga Bredesen Norstog, and David T. Nelson. Halvor: A Story of Pioneer Youth. Decorah, IA: Luther College Press, 1960. NOTE: Based on 1936 translation of 1892-1893 Norwegian serial of minister's life SETTING NOTE: Norwegian immigrants and settlement in 1800s northeastern Iowa (Poweshiek County) Stuart, Kimberly. Act Two: A Novel in Perfect Pitch. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2008. SETTING NOTE: New York classical musician moves to Iowa and teaches music at a small college Stuart, Will. Newton: An Iowa Story. [S.l.]: Xlibris Corp., 1999. Stucker, William. Ever Westward. Burlington, IA: Delta Press, 1962. Stuckey-French, Elizabeth. The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa and Other Stories. New York: Doubleday, 2000. SETTING NOTE: Various Iowa and Midwestern locales in 1900s Suckow, Ruth. The Bonney Family. New York: Knopf, 1928. London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. New York: Knopf, 1933, 1928. New York: Court Book Co., 1941. Suckow, Ruth. Children and Older People.* New York: Knopf, 1931. Suckow, Ruth. Cora. New York: Knopf, 1929. New York: Readers League of America, 1929. Suckow, Ruth. Country People.* New York: Knopf, 1924. New York: Knopf, 1925. London: J. Cape, 1926. New York: Arno Press, 1977. SETTING NOTE: German farmers in 1800s northwestern Iowa (Hawarden area) (Sioux County) Suckow, Ruth. The Folks.* New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. New York: Literary Guild, 1934. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1934. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1992, 1934. SETTING NOTE: Focus on small, Iowa town, early 1900s Suckow, Ruth. Iowa Interiors: Sixteen Stories.* New York: Knopf, 1926. New York: Arno Press, 1977. SETTING NOTE: Classic examples of Iowa farm fiction, set in early 1900s Suckow, Ruth. The John Wood Case: A Novel. New York: Viking Press, 1950. New York: Viking Press, 1959. SETTING NOTE: Follows true court case of Fairview, Iowa (Jones County) Suckow, Ruth. The Kramer Girls. New York: Knopf, 1930. Suckow, Ruth. New Hope. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1942. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1998, 1942. Suckow, Ruth. The Odyssey of a Nice Girl. New York: Knopf, 1925. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925. New York: Knopf, 1926. New York: Knopf, 1929, 1925. SETTING NOTE: In early 1900s, Iowa girl goes to New England for schooling Suckow, Ruth. Some Others and Myself: Seven Stories and a Memoir.* New York: Rinehart, 1952. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1972, 1960. Summitt, Rod, and Richard Edgerton. Reunion With a Killer.* Oshawa, Ontario: Crystal Dreams Publishing, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Salesman returns to Iowa hometown to discover disappearance of college roommate Sutton, Gary. Oskaloosa Moon. Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2011. Sweeney, Gerald F. Eagles Rising: A Novel. [s.l.]: Booklocker.com, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Irish-American family transitions from rural Iowa to Chicago in the 1920s. NOTE: First of seven novels in this family saga. Taylor, John. Mysteries of the Body and the Mind. Talent, OR: Story Line Press, 1998. SETTING NOTE: Story collection set in Iowa, Idaho, and France Taylor, John. Presence of Things Past. Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1992. SETTING NOTE: 1950s-1960s in fictional Beaverdale, Iowa (Des Moines area) Taylor, John. The World As It Is. Meno, AK: Cedar Hill Publications, 1998. SETTING NOTE: 1960s-1970s in Des Moines area Taylor, Valerie. The Girls in 3-B. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1959. New York: 1st Feminist Press, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Three Iowa women move to 1950s Chicago NOTE: Reissue is part of "Femme Fatale" series of pulp fiction by women Tecklenburg, Robert. Cold War.* Penumbra Publishing, 2012. Teeter, Tim R. Swinging Bridges: A Novel. Stockton, CA: Delta Valley Press, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Laywer defends accused murderer in fictional Hawkthorn, Iowa Testerman, Doyce. Hidden Things. New York: Harper Voyager, 2012. . Thanet, Octave. SEE FRENCH, ALICE. Thompson, Jean. The Year We Left Home. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2011. Tidman, Mike. "Bottomlands." Thesis. University of Northern Iowa, 1998. Tigges, John. The Legend of Jean Marie Cardinal. Dubuque, IA: Tigges, 1976 Titus, Dan. Tales of Hackett's Creek. Sioux City, IA: Quixote Press, 1991. SETTING NOTE: Iowa folklore collection Tracey, Grant Annis George. Parallel Lives and the Hockey Universe. Clifton, VA: Pocol Press, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Waterloo newspaper sports columnist and small-town life NOTE: Short story collection Twain, Ernest Arlington. Washertown, an American Masterpiece!: Where it All Began and How I Got to Be This Way. [Philadelphia, PA]: Xlibris, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines man recounts adventures from his youth (Polk County) Twedt, Jerry L. Land of Promise, Land of Tears. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2012. Uda, Joan. Booth Girls: a Love Story. Helena, MT: Rice Universe Publishing, 2013. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines area, 1954. Van Etten, Winifred. I am the Fox. Boston: Little, Brown, 1936. New York: Popular Library, 1991. SETTING NOTE: Possibly set in Emmetsburg, Iowa area (Palo Alto County) Van Vechten, Carl. The Tattooed Countess: A Romantic Novel with a Happy Ending.* New York: Knopf, 1924. New York: A.L. Burt, 1924. New York: Popular Library, 1963, 1924. New York: AMS Press, 1981, 1924. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1987. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Maple Valley, Iowa (Cedar Rapids) in 1890s Vermillion, Mary. Death by Discount: A Mara Gilgannon Mystery. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2004. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day fictional Aldoburg, Iowa; modelled on Atlantic, Iowa. (Cass County) Vermillion, Mary. Murder by Mascot. Los Angeles: Alyson Books, 2006. SETTING NOTE: University basketball star murdered in Iowa City (Johnson County) Vermillion, Mary. Seminal Murder. Nederland, TX: Quest Books, 2012. Vogt, Linda Kay. "Amelia." Thesis. Northeast Missouri State University, 1993. Vovak, Daniel R. Will You Run for President? Greenwich, CT: Greenwich Public Relations, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Connecticut resident's Iowa presidential campaign Wakefield, Dan. Home Free: A Novel. New York: Delacorte Press, 1977. London: Hart, Davis MacGibbon, 1977. New York: Dell Publishing, 1978, 1977. London: Panther, 1979, 1977. SETTING NOTE: Fall, 1970 in Iowa City and at the University of Iowa Waller, Robert James. The Bridges of Madison County.* New York: Warner Books, 1992. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1993, 1992.[large print ed.] London: Mandarin, 1993, 1992. London: Heinemann, 1993. Bath, England: Chivers Press, 1995, 1992.[large print ed.] New York: Warner Books, 1997, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Madison County (Winterset area), August, 1965 Waller, Robert James. Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend.* New York: Warner Books, 1993. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1993. [large print ed.] London: Heinemann, 1994, 1993. New York: Warner Books, 1994, 1993. London: Mandarin, 1994, 1993. Bath, England: Chivers Press, 1995, 1993.[large print ed.] London: Mandarin, 1995. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2008. [large print ed.] SETTING NOTE: Cedar Bend, Iowa (modeled on Cedar Falls and UNI) Waller, Robert James. A Thousand Country Roads: An Epilogue to the Bridges of Madison County.* London: Time Warner, 2002. SETTING NOTE: Photographer returns to Madison County, Iowa in hopes of reclaiming lost love Wallis, James Harold. The Woman He Chose. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1934. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Martinique, Iowa (Dubuque) and Chicago in 1920s Ward, Leo R. Concerning Mary Ann. Notre Dame, IN: Ave Maria Press, 1950. Ward, Leo R. Holding up the Hills: The Biography of a Neighborhood. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1941. Warfield, Teresa. Country Sunshine. New York: Diamond Books, 1994. Warfield, Teresa. Heaven Made. New York: Jove Books, 1995. Waters, Dan. That's Life in the Big Ten. New York: ToExel, 1999. [S.l.]: iUniverse, 2000. SETTING NOTE: Former University of Iowa athlete returns for sports banquet Watzke, Beth. "Heel Spurs." Diss. Florida State University, 2000. Wearin, Otha D. Uncle Henry.* Hastings, IA: Grasslands Press, 1980. SETTING NOTE: Hastings, Iowa in early 1900s (Mills County) Weaver, Ruthann. The Learning. Harrisonburg, VA: Neil Beery, 2008, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Daughter of 1800s Mennonite family moves from Pennsylvania to Iowa NOTE: Title also known as "The Learning: Love Beyond a Lifetime" Weide, Julie. Ida, Beyond the Devil's Door. [s.l]: Endless Prairie Press, 1999. SETTING NOTE: Iowa Amish woman shunned for modern habits Weir, Hugh C. The Young Wheat Scout: Being the Story of the Growth, Harvesting, and Distribution of the Great Wheat Crop of the United States. Boston: W.A. Wilde, 1915. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Grand Forks, Iowa and Chicago area in early 1900s Weir, Theresa. American Dreamer. New York: HarperPaperbacks, 1997. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day, fictional farming town of Elizabeth, Iowa Weir, Theresa. One Fine Day. New York: Bantam Books, 1994. Welt, Elly. Joanna Reddinghood: A Novel. New York: Random House, 1980. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day Iowa City/University of Iowa Hospitals Weverka, Robert. The Story of Bill. New York: Bantam Books, 1983. SETTING NOTE: Profile of Iowa City business owner, 1940s-1980s White, Beatrice L. Bliss. Mary Vowell Adams: Reluctant Pioneer: One Woman -- Without Rights-- Caught in the Wave of an Historic Migration. Myrtle Creek, OR: Mail Printers, 1972. Forest Grove, OR: Meredith L. Bliss, 1992. White, Michael J. Weeping Underwater Looks a Lot Like Laughter.* New York: Putnam's Sons, 2010. SETTING NOTE: Teen boy relocates to Des Moines and becomes friends with local family whose youngest daughter has multiple sclerosis (MS) (Polk County) Williams, Ben Ames. It's a Free Country. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1945. Garden City, NY: Dial Press, 1947. New York: Popular Library, 1951. New York: Belmont Books, 1970. New York: Belmont Tower Books, 1974. NOTE: Also titled Crucible; It's a Free Country* Willson, Meredith. The Music Man: A Novel. New York: Pyramid Books, 1962. SETTING NOTE: Fictional River City, Iowa (Mason City) in 1912 Willson, Meredith. Who Did What to Fedalia? Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Willson, Meredith, and Franklin Lacey. The Music Man. New York: G.P. Putnam, 1958. New York: Music Theater International, 1958. New York: Hart Stenographic Bureau, 1958. London: Frank Music, 1962. NOTE: Libretto of musical SETTING NOTE: Fictional River City, Iowa (Mason City) in 1912 Wilson, Margaret. The Able McLaughlins.* New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1923. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1923. New York: Windsor, 1923. New York: Avon Books, 1960, 1969. Dunwoody, GA: Norman S. Berg, 1975, 1923. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Atlanta, GA: Cherokee Publishing, 1990, 1951. NOTE: 1924 PULITZER WINNER SETTING NOTE: Scottish immigrants in eastern Iowa, ca. 1865 (Traer area) (Tama County) Wilson, Margaret. The Law and the McLaughlins. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1936. Garden City, NY: Sun Dial Press, 1937. NOTE: Sequel to The Able McLaughlins* SETTING NOTE: Scottish immigrants in eastern Iowa, late 1800s Wingert, Lynn R. Dead on My Feet: A Claire Maxwell Mystery. Falls Church, VA: Writers Club Press, 1998. NOTE: First title in Claire Maxwell series SETTING NOTE: Modern-day Wesley, Iowa (Kossuth County) Wojnar, Frances Bries and Elizabeth Link Leitgen. Eliza, an Iowa Pioneer. [S.l.]: Amethyst Press of California, 1991. Wishman, June. The Farmer's Daughter, a.k.a. the Brat: Stories with a Rural Twist. Sioux City, IA: Story Magic, 2002. SETTING NOTE: Tales of farm life in Sioux City area Wright, Vinita Hampton. Dwelling Places: A Novel. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2006. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Iowa family is traumatized over decision to end farming (fictional Beulah, Iowa) Yoseloff, Martin. The Family Members. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1948. SETTING NOTE: Probably set in Mason City area (Cerro Gordo County) Yoseloff, Martin. The Girl in the Spike-Heeled Shoes: A Novel.* New York: Popular Library, 1954. SETTING NOTE: Possibly set in Mason City area Yoseloff, Martin. No Greener Meadows. New York: Beechhurst Press, 1946. New York: Jewish Book Guild of America, 1946. New York: Beechhurst Press, 1947, 1946. SETTING NOTE: Mason City, Iowa in 1920s Young Bear, Ray A. Black Eagle Child: The Facepaint Narratives. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1992. New York: Grove Press, 1997, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Meskawki Tribal Settlement (Tama area) in 1950s (Tama County) Young Bear, Ray A. Remnants of the First Earth.* New York: Grove Press, 1996. *New York: Grove Press, 1998, 1996. SETTING NOTE: Meskawki Tribal Settlement (Tama area) in 1950s-1960s	Iowa Literary Landscape Editor's Forward Preface Introduction Recent Project Additions Adult Books A-F Adult Books G-H Adult Books I-R Adult Books S-Z Short Stories & Novellas Children's Books All Authors All Titles Iowa Towns Iowa Counties Iowa Regions References Appendix: Landscape Literature Appendix: Poetry Sources Appendix: Feature Films Appendix: Electronic Works Appendix: Audio Works Appendix: Non-English Editions Appendix: Iowa Folklore Endnote
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