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Buzz Malone

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I am an author from Southern Iowa where I live on a small acreage writing books and blogs and being bruised and battered by my girlfriend's growing collection of unruly mules and horses. ...more

From the author of The Ghosts of Melrose now comes the riveting life account of Frank Schantz. Little Frankie Schantz emerged into a near perfect life in Centerville, Iowa. He believed that his life would always be so. He was wrong. Everything would change in the summer of 1945 when meningitis would leave him permanently deaf. In Silence of Centerville, Frank Schantz looks back across the rocky la Read more of this blog post »

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	Silence of Centerville 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ghosts of Melrose: A Novel by Buzz Malone (Goodreads Author), Lorri Forst 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lynching of Hiram Wilson Chariton, Iowa 1870: A Novel by Buzz Malone (Goodreads Author), Lorri Forst (Photographer) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lynching of Hiram Wilson Chariton, Iowa 1870 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Losing Meadow Brook 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Buzz Malone said: " I am about a third of the way into American Colossus. It is one of those non-fictions that makes you think just that when you pick it up...it's colossal in size. If you wonder why it doesn't get better ratings and reviews from the masses, it is proba ...more "

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