When my husband ran for president.. And other short stories
Book - 2024
Mention the Harkin name in Iowa and most will recognize it because of Iowa's long-time US Senator and Congressman Tom Harkin. However, Ruth Harkin has an incredible legacy of her own. In fact, she was the first one elected to public office during their marriage. She has been a force since she was a little girl in Minnesota helping and learning alongside her Grandmother in Minnesota. In When My Husband Ran For President and Other Short Stories it's her turn to share lessons, memories, and parts of the lasting influences she has provided her family, Iowans, and the Nation.
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- Subjects
- Published
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North Liberty, IA :
Ice Cube Press
2024.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- 143 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- ISBN
- 9781948509534
- Foreword
- Prologue: Becoming a Writer
- Part 1. The Korean Chronicles
- The Perfect Job
- Nonstop to Seoul
- Arriving in Seoul
- Thirty Years Later
- Part 2. Tales of Tom
- Welcome to Dreamland
- A Lucky Toss
- Getting to Fifty
- Dining Out with Harkin
- Dining in with Harriman
- The Pooch
- Harkin's First Surgery
- Codels
- The Harkin Steak Fry 1974 - 2014
- When My Husband Ran for President
- Part 3. Family Life and a Clarinet
- Grandma
- A Clarinet for Christmas
- Getting Hooked on Basketball
- With Hope and Love for All Our Children: Photos
- Part 4. A Home in Hope Town
- A Serendipitous First Visit
- When Children Visit
- Going to the Bahamas for Christmas
- Q and Ren
- Camping Out with Mr. Fix-it
- The Boat as Metaphor
- Enjoying the Surroundings in Hope Town
- Pack Rats
- Hope Town then and Now
- Continuity and Community in Hope Town
- Part 5. The View from Eighty
- A New Home for the Harkin Institute
- In the Garden
- Vacations
- Epilogue: Women Helping Women
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- About the Harkin Institute