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Huntindave McCann

Huntindave McCann

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My wife is an author and as such she often goes on speaking tours where she expounds on one of topics of a particular book she has written. Hopefully she sells a few while she is at it.
Do to the fact I have been cooking for myself this past week and will be for the next week as well, I have been dining on a variety of wild game. Fish is most abundant, Crappies and Walleye. Also, some squirrel, turkey and goose.

Crappies tonight.


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Fresh Goose tomorrow


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Tomorrow morning's hunt may yield yet another option for the dinner menu.
 
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Dave

I don't think I knew that about your wife. What topics does she write about? Maybe books on having a difficult spouse? Bwhahahaha.

Eric
 
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Eric Patterson said:
I don't think I knew that about your wife. What topics does she write about? Maybe books on having a difficult spouse? Bwhahahaha.

Eric
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Eric, you are hilarious, don't quit your day job. [ninja]

History books. Specifically, those with an Iowa theme. She started a series about "lost towns in Iowa". Towns that are no longer in existence and why (most died due to a change in the railroad route, some were buried under man-made lakes, some were swallowed up by adjacent cities, some simply withered away.) She has written a book about prisoner-of -war internment camps located in Iowa. Another about the CCC (civilian conservation corp) projects done in Iowa. Her most recent book is about "Rosie the Riveter", the role of women on the home front, in the war effort.

This link will take you to her Facebook home page;
https://www.facebook.com/losttownsiowa
 
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Dave
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Eric Patterson said:
I don't think I knew that about your wife. What topics does she write about? Maybe books on having a difficult spouse? Bwhahahaha.

Eric
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Eric, you are hilarious, don't quit your day job.
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I think your wife has this figured out....go out of town and let him cook his own dinner. She should write that book...if it had anecdotes of your exploits I would buy it for the jocular value rather than the self help aspect.

So your wife writes books, my wife has an addiction to buying books. All I have to do is send her a link and say "my friend's wife writes these history books" and there will be a box on the doorstep in a couple days...
 
The lil lady is gone and coffee is your vegetable for dinner?!?! [w00t]

Fried Crappie does sounds and looks pretty darn good though!
 
Dave

In all seriousness, that's pretty cool stuff. I would imagine a lot of time and research goes into each book.

Eric
 
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Dave

In all seriousness, that's pretty cool stuff. I would imagine a lot of time and research goes into each book.

Eric
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Eric,
Yes, it is cool. The vast majority of the info she needs, will not come up with a simple google search. Time spent in libraries, newspaper archies, courthouses and personal interviews are beyond what I would invest but she enjoys it. Most of the data is gleaned from original published sources from back in the day it was the current news of the day.

I laughed as she researched about a trolley train that ran about a 35 - 40 mile route several times each day between 3 different towns. Workers would ride the trolley to work in the mornings and back home each evening. On payday, some of the workers would be taking the last train of the day back home, drunk and disorderly. The police logs would read "Mr. John Doe got off at the wrong stop, ended up walking into Mrs. Jane Smith's home and crawling into bed with her. Unfortunately, Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Smith are not related." or "Fisticuffs broke out last night between the towns of Waverly and Janesville. The train stopped and the guilty parties were ejected from the train and told to walk home."
 
Love the dinner Dave

The police logs would read "Mr. John Doe got off at the wrong stop, ended up walking into Mrs. Jane Smith's home and crawling into bed with her. Unfortunately, Mr. John Doe and Mrs. Jane Smith are not related." or "Fisticuffs broke out last night between the towns of Waverly and Janesville. The train stopped and the guilty parties were ejected from the train and told to walk home."
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Things were so much simpler (seemingly) back then...
 
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