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Homecoming Paper Route Echoes in Webster City
A memoir excerpt from MacKinlay Kantor contrasts a boy’s Webster City Iowa paper route with winter cold and church bells. The piece recalls sleds, snow, and a grandmother’s kitchen as a senator’s large constituent postcard urges policy in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster City
Iowa
Universalist Church
U. B
Willson Avenue
Second Street
Dave Burnett
Library Hill
King’s Wide Yard
McMurray Corner
Webster Street
White House
Bracebridge Hall
Sioux City
Virginia
MacKinlay Kantor
New York
Coward-McCann