Missouri Life September 2023

BOOKS

Connected Through Time Missouri authors explore pastimes and times past.

MY GRANDPA, MY TREE, AND ME, Roxanne Troup (author) and Kendra Binney (illustrator), 36 pages, children’s liter ature, Yeehoo Press, hardcover, (8 ⅜ by 11 inches), $17.99. This charming tale of a special pecan tree and the bond between a grandfather and his granddaughter also subtly educates young listeners about pecans. MY NATIONAL PARK DIET, Jeremy White, 355 pages, trav el memoir, self-published, hardcover, (6 ¼ by 9 ¼ inches), $25. The author grew up at Clinton and obtained a chemical engineering degree at Rolla. When he found himself desperate to lose 48 pounds, Jeremy hatched a plan to visit and hike in all national parks in the 48 contiguous states. He has written

NEWSPAPER WOMAN OF THE OZARKS, Susan Croce Kelly, 254 pages, biography, The University of Arkansas Press, softcover, (6 by 9 inches), $20.96. This in-depth look at Lucile Morris Upton, a longtime reporter and columnist at various Springfield newspapers, was written by someone with access to inside sto ries, because Lucile was her great-aunt. The author

The author grew up at Clinton, along Missouri waterways.

was also a reporter at Springfield News-Leader , where Lucile also had been a reporter. A book signing event is scheduled for 7 PM, September 7, at the Springfield Greene County Library Center. THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS, Ed Wheatley, 55 pages, nonfiction, Reedy Press, softcover, (8 1 ⁄2 by 11 inches), $17. Everything you need to know about Cardinals baseball, from 1800s to today, is gathered by the author, who is the president of the St. Louis Browns Historical Society and Fan Club as well as a leader at both the Greater St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame and the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.

a fascinating account of his visits, which includes how his trivia game-playing and knowledge helped him pass ahead on one trail, getting stuck in the mud on another, and the tragic fall off a mountain that could have ended his life.

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