I’ve subscribed to Iowa History Journal for several years, having no idea that someday I’d become a regular advertiser.
After Leora’s Letters was published I noticed the IHJ ran a few ads for books about Iowa topics. Leora’s Letters is an Iowa story, so I asked whether I could place an ad for it. Yes, and since 2021, I’m still running ads in the handsome and fascinating magazine.
Each issue (six per year) includes a timely Publisher’s Perspective by Michael Swanger, a Country Roads column from Arvid Huisman, and various topics from sports, science, military, *crinoids, discoveries, personalities, and entertainment to recent ones about Johnny Carson, a bank robbery, and The Cow War of 1931. You’ll find a quiz in each issue.
Because of an astonishing story he’d written about in the Iowa History Journal (about the six Littleton brothers who lost their lives as a result of the Civil War), I met John Busbee–shortly before Leora’s Letters was published in 2019. Not only has John interviewed me about each book for his The Culture Buzz program on KFMG-FM radio, he’s written compelling forewords for a couple of them and book reviews as well. John wrote the fascinating story for IHJ about *crinoids. Yes, they should be named Iowa’s State Fossil!
I’m grateful for the connection with Iowa History Journal, and to be able support this terrific independent business.
Iowa History Journal would make a terrific gift for any Iowan or history buff. You might give a copy of this Christmasy issue, along with a subscription for a year’s worth of stories!
Here’s the website.