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 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. 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) 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 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 Teeter, Tim R. Swinging Bridges: A Novel.* Stockton, CA: Delta Valley Press, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Laywer defends accused murderer in fictional Hawkthorn, Iowa Thanet, Octave. SEE FRENCH, ALICE. 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) 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) 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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