Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Friends and Relations
The Hopeville Old Settlers' Reunion
Radio Homemakers
Italian Coal Miners
Remembering Buxton
The Cloistered Life
Coffee Breaks, Swedish-Style
An Amish Sabbath
A Grange Potluck
A Christmas Homecoming
A Graduation Pig Roast
2. Iowa Specialties
Sweet Corn
Popcorn
The Iowa Chop
Maytag Blue Cheese
Apples and Cider
Turkeys
Wild Game
Honey
Fish, Fowl, and Fresh Muskmelon
3. Special Places
Living History Farms
The Amana Colonies
The Wilton Candy Kitchen
The White Way
Terrace Hill
Railroad Town
The Mason House
The Little Brown Church in the Vale
The Old Creamery Theatre
Elk Horn's Danish Windmill
Bonaparte
4. Celebrations
Pella Tulip Time
The Iowa State Fair
A Mesquakie Indian Powwow
The Grant Wood Art Festival
Houby Days
Nordic Fest
Strawberry Days
VEISHEA
The Clearfield Centennial
St. Patrick's Day in Emmetsburg
Carroll's Bavarian Fest
The National Hobo Convention
Index