Adult Books, I-R: Iowa: A Literary Landscape

	Iowa: A Literary Landscape
	Adult Books I-R 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.
	Iola, Kate. Dead Stock. Hartley, IA: Hammersmark Books, 2006. SETTING NOTE: Bioterrorism expert battles Iowa hoof-and-mouth disease outbreak Irving, John. The Water-Method Man. New York: Random House, 1972. New York: Avon Books, 1973, 1972. New York: Pocket Books, 1978, 1972. London: Corgi Books, 1980. London: Corgi Books, 1982, 1972. New York: Random House, 1984, 1972. London: Black Swan, 1986, 1972. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990, 1972. New York: Ballantine Books, 1997, 1972. SETTING NOTE: University of Iowa and Iowa City in 1960s Jackson, Charles Tenney. The Midlanders. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1912. SETTING NOTE: Pioneer era in fictional Rome, Iowa Jackson, Donald Dean. Archer Pilgrim. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1942. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farm, possibly in area of Glenwood, Iowa (Mills County) Jasper, Michael. The Wannoshay Cycle. Waterville, ME: Five Star, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Earth's first alien arrival occurs in Iowa Jeffery, Ransom, and John Keeble. Mine. New York : Grossman Publishers, 1974. New York: Warner, 1975, 1974. SETTING NOTE: Iowa City and University of Iowa area in 1970s Jerome, Amalie Hofer. My Century, the Story of Andreas Franz Hofer. Boston: B. Humphries, 1937. Jochum, Patricia A. River's End: The Deception.* [s.l.]: P.A. Jochum, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Daughter of 1930s bootlegging family tries to escape from violence (Dubuque, Iowa) (Dubuque County) NOTE: First novel in trilogy Johnson, Denis. Jesus' Son: Stories. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1992. London: Faber & Faber, 1992. New York: Harper Perennial, 1993, 1992. London: Faber & Faber, 1994, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Journey from Iowa City to Arizona in early 1970s Jones, David Myles. "First Cousins: A Novel on Youth, Family, Love, Faith, and Responsibility."* Thesis. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1990. Jones, T.P. The Gamble. Austin, TX: Synergy Books, 2010. SETTING NOTE: Small Iowa town reels from effects of a hate crime (fictional Jackson, Iowa) NOTE: Title is book two of the "Loss of Certainty" series Jones, T.P. Jackson. Austin, TX: Synergy Books, 2009. SETTING NOTE: Meatpacking company's collapse threatens town's survival (fictional Jackson, IA) NOTE: Title is book one of the "Loss of Certainty" series Kallmaker, Karin. One Degree of Separation. Ferndale, MI: Enfield, 2003. Tallahassee, FL: Bella Books, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Adventures of an Iowa City public librarian (Johnson County) Kantor, MacKinlay. But Look, the Morn: The Story of a Childhood.* New York: Coward-McCann, 1947. New York: Editions for Armed Services, 1946. London: Falcon Press, 1950. SETTING NOTE: Webster City, Iowa, early 1900s (Hamilton County) Kantor, MacKinlay. God and My Country. Cleveland, OH: World Publishing, 1954. Pleasantville, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, 1954. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1954. New York : Bantam, 1955, 1954. New York: Bantam Books, 1957. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1966. NOTE: Also titled as Follow Me Boys: (God and Country)* SETTING NOTE: Adventures of a scoutmaster in Webster City in early 1900s Kantor, MacKinlay. Happy Land. New York: Coward-McCann, 1942. Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing, 1943. New York: Coward-McCann, 1943. Garden City, NY: The Dial Press, 1944. New York: Paperback Library, 1962. SETTING NOTE: Small Iowa town (Webster City) in WWII era (Hamilton County) Kantor, MacKinlay. The Jaybird. New York: Coward-McCann, 1932. New York: Manor Books, 1960. Kantor, MacKinlay. Spirit Lake.* Cleveland, OH: World Publishing, 1961. New York: New American Library, 1961. London: W. H. Allen, 1962. London: White Lion Publishers, 1973, 1961. SETTING NOTE: Novel chronicles 1857 massacre at Spirit and Okoboji lakes (Dickinson and Clay Counties) Kantor, MacKinlay. Valedictory.* New York: Coward-McCann, 1938, 1939. Kentfield, Calvin. All Men are Mariners. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962. London: W.H. Allen, 1963. Kentfield, Calvin. The Angel and the Sailor: A Novella and Nine Stories.* New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. London: V. Gollancz, 1957. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1962, 1957. SETTING NOTE: Southern Iowa, near Keokuk (Lee County) Kinsella, W.P. If Wishes Were Horses. Toronto: HarperCollins, 1996. NOTE: First volume of Iowa baseball trilogy SETTING NOTE: Iowa baseball player seeks out Ray Kinsella Kinsella, W.P. The Iowa Baseball Confederacy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Toronto: Collins, 1986. Boston: Ballantine Books, 1987, 1986. Toronto: Totem Books, 1987. New York: Ballantine Books, 1996, 1986. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Onomata, Iowa in 1908; some scenes in Iowa City (Johnson County) Kinsella, W.P. Magic Time. Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998. Stillwater, MN: Voyageur Press, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Grand Mound, Iowa in modern-times Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe.* Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983, 1982. [s.l.]: Allison & Busby, 1988, 1982. London: W.H. Allen, 1988, 1982. [s.l.]: Star, 1989. [s.l.]: Random House Canada, 1991. Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 1992, 1982. (collectors edition) New York: Ballantine Books, 1996. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999, 1982. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farming community in 1980s; scenes in Iowa City (Johnson County) Kinsella, W.P. Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa: Stories. [Ottawa]: Oberon Press, 1980. Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1993, 1980. NOTE: Short story collection and first version of Shoeless Joe* SETTING NOTE: Rural Iowa communities Klein, Adam. Tiny Ladies. London: Serpent's Tail, 2003. SETTING NOTE: California social worker moves to Iowa to escape past problems Klinkowitz, Jerome. Basepaths: From the Minor Leagues to the Majors and Beyond. New York: Scribners, 1984. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995. SETTING NOTE: Mason City, Iowa minor-league baseball club (Cerro Gordo County) Kohrt, Ruth. Armon's Apples: A Novel of Man Against the Prairie.* Des Moines, IA: Center Press Books, 1998. SETTING NOTE: New York native purchases Iowa homestead (Clayton County) Kohrt, Ruth. From a Test Tube with Love. Bryn Mawr, PA: Buy Books on the Web.com, 1999. Haverford, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Northwest Iowa farm girl moves to Des Moines Kohrt, Ruth. Nine Months at $90.* [Des Moines, IA]: s.n., 1997. Des Moines, IA: s.n., 1999. SETTING NOTE: First-year teacher in a 1930s Iowa one-room country school Kohrt, Ruth. Stella's Statue.* Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Early Iowa village settlement Kruse, Aaron. River City Justice. Gilroy, CA: Bookstand Publications, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Murder mystery in modern, Burlington, Iowa Lacey, Margaret. Silent Friends: A Quaker Quilt. Urbana, IL: Stormline Press, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Three generations of Quakers on their Iowa farm Lafore, Laurence Davis. Nine Seven Juliet: A Mystery Novel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. SETTING NOTE: Fictional city of Buchanan (Iowa City area) in modern era Laird, Charlton. Thunder on the River. Boston: Little, Brown, 1949. New York: Bantam Books, 1950. [no location]: Transworld Publishers, 1953. Laird, Charlton. West of the River. Boston: Little, Brown, 1953. New York: Bantam, 1957, 1953. SETTING NOTE: Mississippi River towns and Missouri in 1830s Lammers, Thomas G. Augustus Green in the Lair of the Pye-a-Saw.* Oshkosh, WI: T.G. Lammers, 2009. SETTING NOTE: Botanist travels into late 1700s, southeastern Iowa with help of French-Canadian guide and discovers predatory bird Lammers, Thomas G. Obadiah Gray and the Mystery of the Centurion's Testament. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2009. SETTING NOTE: Ancient coin discovered in farm field near Burlington, Iowa (Des Moines County) Lammers, Thomas G. Obadiah Gray and the Witch of Half-Moon Swamp. St. Louis, MO: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, 2010. SETTING NOTE: 1850s Iowa doctor assists community battling mysterious illness Lamp, C.O. Pony Trails and Puppy Tales. New York: iUniverse, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Short stories about modern-day Manning, Iowa (Carroll County) Landis, Jill Marie. Sunflower. New York: Berkely, 1988. New York: Berkely, 1990, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Historical romance in pioneer Iowa Layton, Nancy. The Pink House.* Ildyllwind, CA: Crone House, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Woman returns to hometown of fictional Nathan Springs, Iowa Leggett, John W. Making Believe. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986. SETTING NOTE: Iowa City and University of Iowa in Vietnam era Lindeen, Mary. Hooray for Midsommar! Crystal Lake, IL: Rigby, 1999. Linkletter, Monte. Cricket Smith. New York: Harper, 1959. London: A. Deutsch, 1960. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1960, 1959. Longley, Ralph L. Cabin on the Second Ridge. New York: Vantage Press, 1976. SETTING NOTE: Novel details pioneer life in Grinnell, Iowa (Poweshiek County) Loots, Alan. Storm Lake. Des Moines, IA: Andrew Gray, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Iowa professor and FBI agent involved in terrorist plot Loski, Diana, Linda M. Sniffen, and Jolie Kemp. 1864: A Year in the Life of a Civil War Soldier. Boise, ID: Writer's Press Service, 1995. SETTING NOTE: Iowa-born Union soldier recounts his life during Civil War Lottman, Eileen. She and I. New York: Morrow, 1991. SETTING NOTE: Conjoined twins from Sioux City, Iowa tell life stories (Woodbury County) Lounsberry, Barbara, ed. 16,000 Suspects: A RAGBRAI Mystery. Cedar Falls, IA: Public Radio KUNI, 1999. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day Iowa during RAGBRAI Lounsberry, Barbara,ed. Orchestrated Murder: An Iowa Mystery. Cedar Falls, IA: Public Radio KUNI, 2001. NOTE: Focus on deaths of Iowa symphony conductors Lounsberry, Barbara, ed. Politics is Murder: An Iowa Mystery. Cedar Falls, IA: Public Radio KUNI, 2000. SETTING NOTE: Iowa campaign trail for 2002 gubernatorial election Lounsberry, Barbara,ed. Time & Chance: An Iowa Murder Mystery. Cedar Falls, IA: Public Radio KUNI, 1998. SETTING NOTE: Fictional town of Bella in northeast Iowa Lynn, David Hayden. Wrestling with Gabriel: a Novel. Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2002. SETTING NOTE: Baltimore reporter travels to Iowa due to family crisis Madden, Mary Anne. A Campus Death. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2008. SETTING NOTE: 1972 University of Iowa dormitory student murder is investigated by local reporter (Iowa City, Iowa) (Johnson County) Magnuson, James, and Dorothea G. Petrie. Orphan Train. New York: Dial Press, 1978. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1978. Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest Association, 1978. [novel condensation] Boston: G.K. Hall, 1979, 1978. London: Prior, 1979, 1978. [large print edition] SETTING NOTE: 1894 arrival of orphan train in Dysart, Algona, and New Hampton areas (Tama, Kossuth, and Chickasaw counties) Mallam, R. Clark and Shirley Schmidt. The Curator. [S.l.: s.n.], 1983. Manfred, Frederick Feikema. SEE ALSO Feikema, Feike. Manfred, Frederick Feikema. The Chokecherry Tree. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1948. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Siouxland, Iowa (northwestern Iowa, modeled on hometown of Doon) (Lyon County) Manfred, Frederick Feikema. Eden Prairie. New York: Trident Press, 1968. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Siouxland (Doon, Iowa) Manfred, Frederick Feikema. Green Earth: A Novel. New York: Crown Publishing, 1977. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Siouxland (Doon, Iowa) Manfred, Frederick Feikema. Of Lizards and Angels: A Saga of Siouxland. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Siouxland (Doon, Iowa) Martens, Lucile, and Margaret Rogers. Fun is Where You Find it: Escapades of the Innocents. Chicago: Adams Press, 1976. SETTING NOTE: Sioux City, Iowa in early 1900s (Woodbury County) Martin, Brett Stephan. Greenfields. Baltimore, MD: AmErica House, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Boy comes of age in Iowa and the Midwest McCoy, Maureen. Summertime. New York: Poseidon Press, 1987. New York: Washington Square Press, 1988. McCoy, Maureen. Walking After Midnight. New York: Poseidon Press, 1985. New York: Washington Square Press, 1986, 1985. SETTING NOTE: Present-day Cedar Rapids (Linn County) McCracken, Elizabeth. Niagara Falls All Over Again. New York: Dial Press, 2001. Rockland, MA: Wheeler Publishing, 2001. [large print edition] London: Vintage Books, 2003, 2002. SETTING NOTE: Only son of Jewish Des Moines family joins vaudeville and Hollywood's golden age. (Polk County) McCracken, Susan. For the Call of a Friend. Richmond, IN: Friends United Press, 1997. SETTING NOTE: Quaker family in 1800s western Iowa McCracken, Susan. For the Gift of a Friend. Richmond, IN: Friends United Press, 1995. SETTING NOTE: Quaker pioneer family in 1800s Iowa frontier McCracken, Susan. For the Love of a Friend. Richmond, IN: Friends United Press, 1994. SETTING NOTE: Pioneer Quaker family moves from Indiana to Iowa McDonald, Julie. Amalie's Story. Montezuma, IA: Sutherland Publishing, 1970. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. NOTE: First novel of Danish family series SETTING NOTE: Danish woman comes to western Iowa (Harlan area) from 1800-1880s (Shelby County) McDonald, Julie. Reaching: A Novel. Montezuma, IA: Sutherland Publishing, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Harlan, Iowa girl goes to Iowa City/University of Iowa in 1940s McDonald, Julie. Young Rakes: A Novel.* Rock Island, IL: East Hall Press, 1991. SETTING NOTE: English colony in 1800s LeMars, Iowa (Plymouth County) McElroy, Edith Wasson. Years of Valor. [Des Moines]: Iowa Civil War Centennial Commission, 1969. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farm in Civil War era (ca. 1830-1870s) McHale, Thomas. Dooley's Delusion. Atlanta, GA: Droke House, 1971. SETTING NOTE: Sioux City Catholic diocese (Woodbury County) McIlrath III, James Harley. "'Possum Trot and Other Stories." Thesis. University of Northern Iowa, 1999. McKibbin, Carroll R. Lillian's Legacy: Marriage and Murder in Rural Iowa. Bloomington, IN: 1st Books, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Guthrie Center, Iowa (Guthrie County) McMillen, Howard. The Many Mansions of Sam Peeples. New York: Viking Press, 1971. New York: Viking Press, 1972, 1971. SETTING NOTE: Set in fictional Kanecka City, KS, modeled on Iowa City McMurtry, Larry. Moving On: A Novel.* New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1971. New York: Avon Books, 1971. London: Sphere, 1972,1970. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987, 1970. New York: Pocket Books, 1988, 1970 New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1990. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999, 1970. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1999. SETTING NOTE: Texas couple comes to Iowa City/University of Iowa in 1960s McNally, John. After the Workshop: A Memoir by Jack Hercules Sheahan: A Novel. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2010. SETTING NOTE: Iowa Workshop graduate has long struggle to write first novel (Iowa City) (Johnson County) Meissner, Susan. In All Deep Places. Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 2006. SETTING NOTE: New England writer returns to fictional Halcyon, Iowa to run family newspaper Melcher, Alan M. Darkness on the Edge of Town: A Jerry Crossman Mystery. West Conshohocken, PA: Infinity Publishing, 2006. SETTING NOTE: Detective investigates 1961 murder of Iowa farm wife and her son Michaels, Leigh. Backwards Honeymoon. Toronto: Harlequin Books, 2002,2001. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2004, 2001. [large print edition] Richmond: Mills and Boon, 2002. [large print edition] SETTING NOTE: Woman flees Minnesota wedding and Iowa romance develops in fictional Ash Grove (modelled on Bloomfield, IA) (Davis County) Michaels, Leigh. The Best-Made Plans. Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1992. Chatswood, N.S.W.: Harlequin Books, 1993. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1994, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Springhill, Iowa Michaels, Leigh. Capture a Shadow. Toronto; New York: Harlequin, c1986. London: Mills & Boon, 1986. Bath, England: Chivers Press, 1990. [large print ed.] South Yarmouth, MA: Curley, 1990. [large print ed.] SETTING NOTE: Fictional Warren's Grove, Iowa (modelled on Ottumwa, IA) (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. Carlisle Pride.Toronto; New York: Harlequin, c1987. London: Mills & Boon, 1987. Toronto; New York: Harlequin, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Oakley Mills, Iowa (modelled on Ottumwa) (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. Close Collaboration.* Toronto; New York: Harlequin, 1988. London: Mills & Boon, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Chandler College in city modelled on Ottumwa, Iowa (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. A Convenient Affair. Toronto: Harlequin Books, 2001. London: Mills & Boon, 2001. [large print edition] SETTING NOTE: Imaginary romance turns into true love for Des Moines, Iowa couple(Polk County) Michaels, Leigh. Exclusively Yours. Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1989, 1988. London: Mills & Boon Limited, 1988. SETTING NOTE: Woman resists selling classic, Des Moines (Grand Avenue district) home to businessman (Polk County) NOTE: Novel is part of the "American Heroes: Against All Odds" series Michaels, Leigh. Family Secrets.* Toronto and New York: Harlequin Books, 1994. Richmond {U.K}: Mills & Boon, 1995. New York and Toronto: Harlequin, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Iowa single father in fictional Springhill, Iowa Michaels, Leigh. Kiss Yesterday Goodbye. New York: Harlequin Books, 1984. London: Mills & Boon, 1984. Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1993, 1984. NOTE: Part of the Men Made in America series from Silhouette Romances SETTING NOTE: Fictional Twin Rivers, Iowa (modelled on Iowa City and Ottumwa) Michaels, Leigh. Leaving Home. Toronto; New York; Harlequin, c1985. London: Mills & Boon, 1985. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Hammond's Point, Iowa (modelled on Ottumwa) (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. Let Me Count the Ways.* Toronto; New York, Harlequin, c1988. London: Mills & Boon, 1988. Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1989. North Yorkshire, England: Magna Large Print Books, 1996. [large print ed.] SETTING NOTE: Fictional Chandler College (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. Old School Ties.* Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1992. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1994, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Fictionalized Archer's Junction, Iowa (modelled on West Des Moines, Valley Junction area) (Polk County) Michaels, Leigh. Once and for Always.* Toronto: Harlequin Books, 1990, 1989. [London]: Mills & Boon, 1989. Long Preston, North Yorkshire, England: Magna Large Print Books, 1995,1989. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Springhill, Iowa Michaels, Leigh. Sell Me a Dream. Toronto; New York: Harlequin, c1986. London: Harlequin, 1986. Toronto; New York: Harlequin, 1987. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Springhill, Iowa Michaels, Leigh. A Singular Honeymoon.Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1994. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1994. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1997. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Hammond's Point, Iowa (modelled on Ottumwa, IA) (Wapello County) Michaels, Leigh. Ties That Blind. Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1993. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1993. Sydney [Australia]: Harlequin, Mills & Boon, 1996. Richmond, Surrey [UK]: Mills & Boon, 1996. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Chandler College and its town Michaels, Leigh. An Uncommon Affair.* Toronto: Harlequin Books, c1990. London: Mills & Boon, 1990. Toronto; New York: Harlequin Books, 1991. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Springhill, Iowa Miller, Judith. More Than Words. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2010. SETTING NOTE: Storekeeper's daughter struggles with a secret in 1800s Amana Society (Amana Colonies) (Iowa County) Miller, Judith. Somewhere to Belong. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2010. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2010 [large print ed.]. SETTING NOTE: Two Amana Society women struggle with identity and religion (Amana Colonies, Iowa County) NOTE: Title is the first book in the "Daughters of Amana" series Miller, Merle. That Winter.* New York: W. Sloane, 1948. New York: Popular Library, 1948. SETTING NOTE: Novel follows lives of three Iowa WWII veterans on their returns home Miller, Tom. Fourth and Long.* Parkersburg, IA: Mid-Prairie Books, 1997. Millhiser, Marlys. Nella Waits. New York: Putnam, 1974. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, 1975, 1974. SETTING NOTE: Ghost story set in 1930s-1940s Charles City, Iowa (Floyd County) Millhiser, Marlys. The Rampant Reaper.* New York: St. Martin's Press: Minotaur Books, 2002. Toronto: Worldwide Library, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Murder mystery in fictional Myrtle, Iowa NOTE: Available for downloading at EBookMall. Modesitt, L.E. The Soprano Sorceress. New York: Tor, 1997. London: Orbit, 1997. New York: Tor, 1998, 1997. SETTING NOTE: ISU music professor in modern-day Ames, Iowa (Story County) Moore, Patrick. Iowa. New York: Masquerade Books, 1996. Morrow, Thomas J. Nebraska Doppelganger.* Oceanside, CA: Old Warrior Press, 2006. SETTING: German-American farm boy fights for the Nazis in Africa and is later sent to an Iowa POW camp Mosier, Kay Sickels. Walnut Valley Farm. Centennial, CO: Lifevest Publishing, 2006. SETTING NOTE: Life on a 1940s-1950s Iowa farm Mossman, Dow. The Stones of Summer; A Yeoman's Notes, 1942-1969. New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1972. New York: Popular Library, 1972. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Iowa farm, 1945-1968 Muilenburg, Walter J. Prairie. New York: Viking Press, 1925. SETTING NOTE: Iowa rural farm life, late 1800s Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1989. New York: Viking Penguin, 1989. Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, 1990, 1989. London: Virago Press, 1990, 1989. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1991, 1989. London: Virago Press, 1991, 1990. New York: Grove Press, 1999. London: Virago, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Indian woman starts new life in modern-day Iowa (Iowa City area) Murphy, Christine W. Through Iowa Glass.* Hard Shell Word Factory: 1998. Available for downloading at Hardshell. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day, small Iowa town Newborn, Sasha. The Basement. Santa Barbara, CA: Mudborn Press, 1978. SETTING NOTE: Iowa City (Iowa Avenue) and Africa in modern times Nolan, Robert. The Whitehurst Way. Columbus Junction, IA: CJ Communications, 2005. SETTING NOTE: Small Iowa college's football program Norton, C.J. Mannitto Tears. Bettendorf, IA: Prairie Publishing, 1988. Nuhn, Ferner. Three Stories Plus Two Verses. Claremont, CA: [s.n.], 1979. NOTE: Author is husband of Ruth Suckow Olsen, Gregg. A Cold Dark Place. New York: Kensington Publishing, 2008. New York: Pinnacle Books, 2008 [large print ed.]. SETTING NOTE: Female police officer investigates Iowa family murder as part of larger, national case Olsen, Lance. Live From Earth.* New York: Ballantine Books, 1991. SETTING NOTE: University of Iowa/Iowa City in modern times Opstein, Ed. Rennie Haran and the Letters Home. [s.l.]: Xulon Press, 2007. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines reporter uncovers ancient, biblical mystery (Polk County) NOTE: First title in the Rennie Haran series Orr, Elaine. Searching for Secrets. [Bloomington, IN]: 1st Books Library, 2002. SETTING NOTE: Iowa City teacher and policeman investigate school crime Palecek, Mike. Iowa Terror. [Sheldon, IA]: Seventh Street Press, 2008. SETTING NOTE: Rural community fears Iowa, minority teen Palecek, Mike. Joe Coffee's Revolution. Madison, WI: Badger Books, 2003. Oregon, WI: Waubesa Press, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Iowa idealist runs for U.S. House seat Palecek, Mike. KGB.* Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica, 2001. SETTING NOTE: Sioux City activists disrupt presidential visit (Woodbury County) Palecek, Mike. The Last Liberal Outlaw. Villa Park, IL: New Leaf, 2004. SETTING NOTE: Corporation attempts to build prison in fictional Liberal, Iowa Palecek, Mike. Looking for Bigfoot. Berthoud, CO: Howling Dog Press, 2005. SETTING NOTE: National talk-radio host journeys to find truth in America Palecek, Mike. The Truth. New Hampshire: Writers Publishing Cooperative, 2003. SETTING NOTE: Peace activist battles national media from fictional Saint Rose, Iowa Parrish, Patt. Escape the Past. New York: Walker, 1985. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1999, 1985. Bath [England]: Chivers, 2000. SETTING NOTE: Iowa small town Pelton, Sonya T. Ecstasy's Magic. NewYork : Zebra Books, 1992. SETTING NOTE: Romance set in modern-day, fictional River City, Iowa Pietrzyk, Leslie. A Year and a Day. New York: William Morrow, 2004. SETTING NOTE: Small town in southeastern Iowa, possibly Johnson County. Poage, Jean. Pioneer Tales of Jasper County. Newton, IA: News Printing Co., 1974. Pourciau, Glen. Invite. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2008. NOTE: Winner of the 2008 Iowa Short Fiction Award SETTING NOTE: Short story collection set in Iowa Preheim, Lois Thieszen, and Caroline P. Bergen. Apples for Immigrants. Aurora, NE: Blue River Publishing, 1999. SETTING NOTE: 1874 Iowa Mennonites organize food relief train for Nebraska families Price, Nancy. Sleeping with the Enemy. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. London: Century Hutchinson, 1987, 1986. New York: Berkley Publishing, 1988, 1987. New York: Berkley Publishing, 1991, 1987. SETTING NOTE: Present-day Cedar Falls/Waterloo (Black Hawk County) Proulx, E. Annie. Accordion Crimes. New York: Scribner, 1996. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1996. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1996. London: Fourth Estate, 1996. New York: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1997, 1996. London: Fourth Estate, 1997. SETTING NOTE: Portion of novel features German immigrants in Iowa in early 1900s Quick, Herbert. Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic. New York: Henry Holt, 1904. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1904. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1907, 1904. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1907. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1910. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Monterey County (Grundy County) in late 1800s Quick, Herbert. Double Trouble, or, Every Hero his Own Villain. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1906. SETTING NOTE: Fictional Monterey County (Grundy County) in late 1800s Quick, Herbert. The Hawkeye. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1923. New York: A.L. Burt, 1923 New York: Curtis Publishing, 1923. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1923. New York: Council on Books in Wartime, 1943, 1923. NOTE: Second volume of Iowa trilogy SETTING NOTE: Profiles Iowa farmers during 1870-1880s Quick, Herbert. The Invisible Woman. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1924. NOTE: Third volume of Iowa trilogy SETTING NOTE: Profiles Iowa farmers from 1890s-1900 Quick, Herbert. Vandemark's Folly. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1921. New York: A.L. Burt, 1922. New York: Curtis Publishing, 1922. New York: Grossett & Dunlap, 1922. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 1987. NOTE: First volume of Iowa trilogy SETTING NOTE: Profiles westward pioneers into fictional Monterey County, Iowa, ca. 1850 (Grundy County) Rayfiel, Thomas. Colony Girl. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999. New York: Picador USA, 2000,1999. SETTING NOTE: Religious cult in modern-day Iowa farming community Rhoads, Alvaretta. Sage Leaves from Iowaland.* Madrid, IA: Western Printing Co., 1911. Rhodes, David A. The Easter House. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. London: Secker & Warburg, 1975, 1974. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day, fictional Ontarion, Iowa Rhodes, David A. The Last Fair Deal Going Down. Boston: Little, Brown, 1972. SETTING NOTE: Des Moines and Iowa State Fair Rhodes, David A. Rock Island Line.* New York: Harper and Row, 1975. London: Secker and Warburg, 1975. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 2008. SETTING NOTE: 1900s in Sharon Center, Iowa (Johnson County) Rich, Virginia. The Cooking School Murders. New York: Dutton, 1982. Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1982. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983. SETTING NOTE: Modern-day, fictional Harrington, Iowa (Spirit Lake area) Roberts, Eldon. Footprints. [S.I.: s.n.], 1989. Roberts, James P. Dark Iowa, Bright Iowa. Madison, WI: White Hawk Press, 1994. SETTING NOTE: Horror and science fiction with eleven different Iowa settings Roberts, Lorraine Coolidge. Henersons' Mill. Kearney, NE: Morris Publishing, 1998. Fullerton, CA: Densmore, Funk, & Phelps, 1997. Robinson, Marilynne. Gilead.* New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004. Toronto: HarperCollins, 2004. London: Virago, 2005. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2005, 2004. [large print edition] Toronto: HarperPerennial Canada, 2005. London: Virago, 2006. NOTE: 2005 PULITZER PRIZE WINNER SETTING NOTE: Minister of fictional Gilead, Iowa recounts life on plains Robinson, Marilynne. Home.* New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press, 2008. [large print ed.] Toronto: HarperCollins, 2008. London: Virago, 2009. Bath [UK]: Windsor, 2009. New York: Picador, 2009. Bath [UK]: Paragon, 2009. [large print ed.] SETTING NOTE: Siblings return to fictional Gilead, Iowa to care for dying father Rockwell, Mary Emilia. A Home in the West, or, Emigration and its Consequences. Dubuque, IA: Dubuque Express and Herald, 1858. Iowa City, IA: University of Iowa Press, 2005. NOTE: First novel published in Iowa {serialized by newspaper} SETTING NOTE: New England couple become early Iowa settlers in fictional Newburg, Iowa Roth, Karen. Found on 16th Avenue.* San Antonio, TX: Watercress Press, 2006. SETTING NOTE: Coming of age story in 1930s Cedar Rapids' Czech Village (Linn County) Roth, Philip. Letting Go. New York: Random House, 1962. New York: Bantam Books, 1962. New York: Bantam Books, 1963, 1962. New York: Bantam Books, 1970, 1962. London: Corgi, 1971, 1962. London: Corgi, 1974, 1962. London: Corgi, 1978, 1962. New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1982, 1962. Harmondsworth, England: Penguin 1984, 1962. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1985, 1962. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991, 1961. New York: Vintage Books, 1997, 1962. SETTING NOTE: Iowa City/University of Iowa, fall, 1953 Rule, Edith. Little Stories of Mason City's Past, 1851-1870. Mason City, IA: [s.n.], 1928. Mason City, IA: [private printing], 1928.	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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