My Books

Off the Beaten Path Illinois, Vol. 9, Johnstown, More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women, Off the Beaten Path Illinois, Vol. 10

Authored Non-Fiction Books

Johnstown, (Pennsylvania)
Arcadia Publishing, second printing

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women
The Globe Pequot Press

Off the Beaten Path Illinois, Vol. 9
The Globe Pequot Press, Revising Author

Off the Beaten Path Illinois, Vol. 10
The Globe Pequot Press

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Freelance Portfolio

National/International Magazines
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Dollhouse Miniatures

Regional Magazines
West Suburban Living

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Realtor Association of the Western Suburbs

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Freelance correspondent
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Ploughshares (historical society newspaper)
Contributing writer and interim editor

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Public Speaking

The Language of Wedding Bouquets
Fairies and the Art of Cicely Mary Barker
Travel Dolls

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About Johnstown

“This Town Won’t Die” sums up the gritty determination of the people of Johnstown who consider themselves more than flood survivors. Within the pages of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, readers will find a photographic history of Johnstown through more than 180 rare and many never before published images from the collections of historical organizations and private individuals. Johnstown records the true American Dream: the faces of immigrants building a life in a new country; the expansive Golden Age of American industrial growth in the steel, mining and railroad industries; a community’s iron will in the face of destruction; and a snapshot of human bonds through love for family, God, and Nation.

Father-daughter authors R. Dean Jobe and Lyndee Jobe Henderson offer readers perspectives from two generations. Jobe is a fifty-year resident and worked at Bethlehem Steel’s General Office for nearly 30 years. Henderson, a Johnstown native, graduated from Johnstown High School and attended the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown before earning a BA degree from Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. Johnstown is a collaboration that whisks readers into the spirit of the people who call Johnstown home.

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About More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women

Inspiring Women of Illinois

More than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women profiles the lives of twelve of the Prairie State’s most important historical figures born before 1900. With enduring strength and compassion, these remarkable women, each in her separate field, helped build the proud history of American’ twenty-first state.

Anna Elizabeth Slough journeyed to Illinois when it was considered part of the untamed “Far West” and later ran her own hotel in Peoria. Myra Bradwell championed better working conditions and bravely paved the way for labor regulation. Jane Addams, the first women to be awarded the Nobel Prize, spent her entire adult life educating and caring for Chicago’s poor and downtrodden. Ballroom dancer and silent movie actress Irene Castle fought for animal rights in the 1920s, and opened one of the nation’s first animal shelters well before the advent of pet protection laws. Annie Malone became, arguably, the first African-American millionaire entrepreneur in the United States.

Also meet the unwitting historian Christian Holmes Tillson; the ‘wife of the Prophet’ Emma Hale Smith; the nation’s first women bank president and university founder Lydia Moss Bradley; prairie photographer Candace McCormick Reed; educator Dr. Ella Flagg Young; ballet legend Ruth Page; and America’s most misunderstood First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln.

Each of these women demonstrated an independence of spirit that is as inspiring now as it was then. Read about their extraordinary lives in this captivating collection of biographies.

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About Off the Beaten Path Illinois, Vol. 10

Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Illinois Off the Beaten Path show you the Land of Lincoln you never knew existed. Check out Booth One in the Pump Room of Chicago’s Ambassador East Hotel, where Frank Sinatra, Sting, and other celebrities have sat before you. Take part in the ‘root toss’ at the International Horseradish Festival in Collinsville. Fight for truth, justice, and the American way in Metropolis. Look for round barns, a ‘crashed airplane’ sculpture, a dragon, and massive American flags along the way. Discover quirky museums and search for nearly forgotten remnants of Illinois history and lesser-known landmarks. If you’ve “been there, done that,” it’s time to make a turn onto that dirt road. Go ahead. You know you want to venture Off the Beaten Path.