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01-12-2009, 11:59 PM
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I sport the moose logo.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Central Iowa - Ankeny
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges ... takes place in fictional town of "Endora, Iowa" ... although a fictional community, this reading does a great depiction of rural Iowa life.
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01-13-2009, 03:14 AM
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Location: Des Moines, Iowa
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Shoeless Joe (bases for the movie, Field of Dreams).
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01-15-2009, 08:46 AM
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"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was a great movie. I'll check out the book. Thanks!
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01-15-2009, 10:51 AM
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I sport the moose logo.
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Location: Central Iowa - Ankeny
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Originally Posted by Babie_T_Nice
"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" was a great movie. I'll check out the book. Thanks!
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Book is better, in my opinion. (I know everyone always says that but really I think it's true.) |
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01-15-2009, 01:45 PM
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Location: Des Moines, IA
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Non-fiction: "Lost Continent" by Iowa born Bill Bryson. Not completely about Iowa, but enough to be a little Iowa-centric. Great analysis of Des Moines and people from here. It's a really good book, it's like if Clark Griswold wrote "On The Road"
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01-18-2009, 11:24 PM
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Location: IA, but in my heart New Orleans
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I'm a big fan of the book the Bridges of Madison County- it really gave IA a good book almost anyone will like.
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01-19-2009, 03:24 AM
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I'm going to go with the completely unknown Supergranny childrens' book series, by the late Beverly Van Hook. They are loosely based in the Quad Cities. I read them over and over as a kid. I don't know if any bookstores still have them, but they can be found online.
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01-19-2009, 04:25 PM
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I sport the moose logo.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Central Iowa - Ankeny
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QuadCityImages
I'm going to go with the completely unknown Supergranny childrens' book series, by the late Beverly Van Hook. They are loosely based in the Quad Cities. I read them over and over as a kid. I don't know if any bookstores still have them, but they can be found online.
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lol looks cute. |
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01-20-2009, 08:40 PM
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Chronicles of Narn, IA.
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