Text clean. Pages bright. Cover shows only minimal shelfwear. ; From back cover: In Iowa Pride, author Duane Schmidt has assembled a wonderful kaleidoscope of personalities. He recounts with zip and zing the lives and exploits of 110 significant Iowans. Brief biographies highlight the surprising number of Iowans who thought of better ways of doing things or better things to make. These are incredible firsts achieved by intrepid Iowans. ; 278 pages