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Philip J. Goscienski ’56 has published the first three volumes of Anthony D. Fredericks ’72 has published “The Tall Tree” (Dawn
“Health Wisdom from the Stone Age” (Amazon Digital Services), an Publications). It captures the majesty of redwood trees with playful
e-book series. The series is based on his weekly newspaper column rhyme, fundamental mathematics and a game of “I Spy.” Fredericks
“The Stone Age Doc,” commentaries on the causes and cures of has written more than 150 books, including more than four dozen
modern chronic diseases. children’s books on nature.

Gene Lassers ’58 ’59 has authored “Corinth” (Amazon Digital Dave Hardy ’72 ’75 has authored “I’m from the Government and
Services), a period book set at the end of World War II when it I’m Here to Kill You” (Skyhorse Publishing). Hardy now practices law
remained to be seen if the old South would fit back into the bottle in Tucson after spending 10 years in the Interior Department’s Office
from which it emerged in 1941. Could Dixie change to offer a safe of the Solicitor in Washington, D.C. He has published four books,
environment including equal rights and opportunities for African one a New York Times bestseller, and 25 law review articles, which
Americans, or would it revert to the old ways of Jim Crow with the have twice been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ku Klux Klan in the role of the enforcer?
Michael Baumann ’73 has authored “Venom Wars of the Desert
Carlos Reyes ’65, author of nine volumes of poetry, has published Realm” (CreateSpace). It is the first in a series of young adult
“Guilt in Our Pockets, Poems from South India” (University of fantasy-fiction, with characters and settings inspired by the author’s
Washington Press). He also is the author of the book of poems family and the Sonoran Desert.
“Pomegranate, Sister of the Heart” (Lost Horse Press) and a prose
memoir “Keys to the Cottage, Stories from the West of Ireland” George Dapra ’74 has authored “Non-Disclosure” (Outskirts Press),
(Lynx House Press). His “Poems of Love and Madness/Poemas de a nonfiction title. Take a wild ride with former Witness Security
amor y locura, Selected Translations” (Lynx House Press) came out Inspector George Dapra for a rare insider’s look into the Witness
in 2013. Security Program.

Joan Kikel Danylak ’69 has published nearly 100 collections Kristin Buhl Hilton ’74 has published “Zoo Goofs: True Tales of
of poetry. Her latest is titled “Remembering Rudy” (North Star Zookeeper Misadventures” (Ranting Raven Publishing).
Publishing) and is dedicated to her late brother, who passed away in
May 2017. Anne Broyles ’75 has published her latest book, the bilingual
picture book “Arturo and the Bienvenido Feast” (Pelican Publishing).
Marcia G. Anderson ’71 ’72 has authored “A Bag Worth a Pony:
The Art of the Ojibwe Bandolier Bag” (Minnesota Historical Society John T. Young ’75, a former journalist, police officer and FBI
Press), a celebration, illumination and study of the spectacular counterterrorism analyst, has published his first novel, “Indian
beaded bags made by the Ojibwe of Minnesota. Bandolier bags, or Country” (IngramElliott, Inc.). It tells the story of Wayne Kincaid,
gashkibidaaganag — the large, heavily beaded shoulder bags made an Iraq war veteran and undercover DEA agent, who infiltrates a
and worn by several North American Indian tribes around the Great dangerous biker gang with Mexican drug cartel connections.
Lakes — are prized cultural icons around the world.

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