Dave:
Thanks for keeping me informed about the Class of 1973. We have a bit of news for you.
Ethel, my wife, had her first novel published about a month ago. It is about the Orphan Train Children. Trains left New York City for almost every state in the United states periodically from the 1850’s until 1929. New York and Iowa received more children from the trains than any other states. Ethel’s novel follows three of these former “street children” from New York City to a fictional town in Iowa for about a year in 1880.
She has a book reading this Thursday at Prairie Lights Books Store in Iowa City. The publisher is Ice Cube Press located in North Liberty and can be purchased at all major book stores via their web site.
[Webmaster’s note: The book is entitled “For the Love of Pete“, and you can get it with free shipping if you are a member of Amazon Prime!]
Ed Barker, Principal, West High School, 1968-1979