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| Andy Reddick is a 5th generation Van Buren county citizen and historian who writes a weekly column published in both the Van Buren County Leader-Record and the Van Buren Register newspapers. Special thanks go out to Mr. Reddick for sharing this valuable and informative Van Buren county history with genealogists with Van Buren county roots. He is also the author of "Boughten Goods". Published in 2002, the book contains Andy's entire family genealogy with the main characters woven into a history of the US from colonial times to the present. Surnames include: Fellows, Ratcliff(e), Morrison, Dodson, Harrison, Franklin, Pierce, Cozad (Cossart); Reddick lines include Speck, Stahl, Bradley. A handsome new revised version of Boughten Goods was published by AuthorHouse in November, 2005. Palimpsest of Van Buren (A History of Keosauqua and Van Buren County, Iowa) was released in April, 2006 by PublishAmerica. Also released during 2006 was Squelching the Sesesh, a historical book about Iowa's involvement in the Civil War. In 2008, On the Banks of Keosauqua's River was released by Lulu Publishing, which is a history of Keosauqua with pictures, and also during 2008 Country Facts and Folklore Assortment, a collection of 184 of the published newspaper articles that appear on the website. In addition to that, Andy co-authored the Keosauqua portion of Van Buren County, Iowa: A Pictorial History, released by the Villages of Van Buren. Email Andy to find out how to obtain copies. |
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