A collection of stories written by Purdue Entomology students about their personal experiences with the insect world

This is the story of growing up in a southern Indiana coal town, Linton, Indiana. It tells of life in a small town whose... More > existence owes to the coal beds that gave the town its existence. Characters and events of the 1940's and '50's are described, as seen through the eyes of a youth growing up there. The book sketches the author's family and neighbors and the Scottish family that migrated to America in the late 1880's and made it all possible. < Less

A collection of essays on outmoded phrases and words we still use in everyday speech, told with the help of childhood... More > memories, bits of Midwestern history, and liberal dashes of humor. < Less

A collection of essays on outmoded phrases and words we still use in everyday speech, told with the help of childhood... More > memories, bits of Midwestern history, and liberal dashes of humor. < Less

A collection of stories written by Purdue Entomology students about their personal experiences with the insect world