A biography of Robert and Ruth Kehl, an enterprising couple known for operating an excursion boat business and the first licensed riverboat casino in the United States. The biography describes the couple's numerous business enterprises, their philanthropy work, and how their family has carried on their legacy.

A history of the McCoy Group, a trucking company that was founded in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, in 1958. The company has grown to include subsidiaries, such as Truck Country, and its corporate offices are now located in Dubuque, Iowa.

""Little is known of Faber the man up until now. Mr. Cooper's exhaustive research has uncovered a treasure trove of obscure and forgotten facts about an era of baseball history, a small Midwestern locale and its native son in this highly readable and praiseworthy biography"--Richard Lindberg, White Sox historian"--Provided by publisher.