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As a self-employed insurance agent and rental property manager, in my free time in 2015 I decided to drive a taxi to both earn extra income and network. I immediately realized that I should take notes on my weekend experiences, and at the conclusion of the year have penned a book about all the humorous and exciting things I learned during my 10 months of driving a cab.
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University of Iowa Press
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English
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"Most agree that West Liberty is a special place. The first majority Hispanic town in Iowa, it has been covered by media giants such as Reuters, Telemundo, NBC, and ESPN. But Chuy Renteria and his friends grew up in the space between these news stories, where a more complicated West Liberty awaits, full of small-town joy and horrific violence. We Heard it When We Were Young tells the story of a young boy, first generation Mexican-American, who is...
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Pearl City Press
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[2022]
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English
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"Born in 1940 to three generations of eastern Iowa farmers, Robert Charles "Bobby" Bancks enjoyed a childhood unique to that era: playing among the crops and animals in warm weather, sledding down snowbanks in cold, attending his one-room school, and learning the lessons of love, loss, and togetherness that sustained his rural community. From funny anecdotes and family vacations to reflections on hardship and tragedy, this memoir of growing up as...
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