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Dale Kueter

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DALE KUETER wrote for Iowa newspapers for 41 years, 34 at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids. He attended Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and was graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Iowa in 1958. He served six years in the Iowa Army National Guard.

Kueter grew up on a farm near Bellevue, Iowa. After college he married Helen Hayes. They are parents of five daughters and have 14 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He has published a children’s book, “Hide the Daddy,” two full-length non-fiction books,“Vietnam Sons” and “The Smell of the Soil,” and a historical novel, “Motel Sepia.” Another novel, “Ma Bremer’s Boys,” was published in May 2021.

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Dale Kueter Thanks for the question. The one thing that comes to mind is the mystery of my wife's grandfather. Grandpa Pete had a penchant for gambling, so much s…moreThanks for the question. The one thing that comes to mind is the mystery of my wife's grandfather. Grandpa Pete had a penchant for gambling, so much so that he was draining the equity in his farm. This was in the 1930s. His in-laws, so the story goes, offered to pay his gambling debts (hence save the farm) if he'd leave Iowa. That was a pretty harsh bargain, but Peter agreed, Why would he relinquish his family and local ties? Grandpa Pete was never heard from again. Relatives didn't tell anyone about the "deal" or what happened to him, adding fog to the mystery of Grandpa's destiny.(less)
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Motel Sepia

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The Smell of the Soil: Writ...

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Ma Bremer's Boys

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Ma Bremer and others

Keep local authors in mind when you looking for a book for yourself or as a gift, and at the same time encourage hometown writers. With that in mind, Swampfox Books in Marion is hosting local authors at the Marion Arts Fair on Saturday, May 21. We will be hustling our words near the book store, 809 6th Avenue. Come, join the fun. Dale
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Pip Williams’ book is a heavy on the book binding business. If I had wanted to pursue a career in book binding, her account would have been a great textbook. Ostensibly, the story is about a girl caught up with earning money at an Oxford, England boo ...more
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WEIR, author of “The Martian”, solicits a junior high science teacher to go off in space to save the world from extinction. I enjoyed “Project Hail Mary”, but there was too much sophisticated science for this reader who received B’s in high school ph ...more
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It’s amazing the number of books have that have been written about World War II. Perhaps it is the immensity of the war, or the horrendous atrocity of the Germans and Japanese that count for this. Nevertheless, Rimmer’s account of a British spy, who ...more
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East of Eden is like a John Jakes saga of westward family trials, wrapped in Michener detail, only with superb writing, marvelous employment of words, a true joy to read. It may be his best.
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This is an underwhelming story by someone like John Grisham. It reminds me of a a travelogue that he turned into a book on his trip to Italy. Perhaps it’s unfair, but we’re used to a drama packed story that features lawyers and the courthouse.
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While “The Pearl”, as did “Cannery Row”, focuses on the down and out of society, it is a very different portrayal of poverty in the early 20th century.It is a story of a poor couple, searching and seemingly attaining a way out of destitution, only to ...more
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Righteous Prey by John Sandford
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This is not the best book in John Sandford‘s Prey series. This yarn of murder has too many side roads. While a north east Iowa deputy sheriff was quite successful in writing rural mysteries, I found a similar role for Virgil Flowers distracting. And ...more
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