Paul Schoaff: 2 books

Another story by an author who loves Illinois...Building on the characters from Twin Beeches, this story focuses on the destruction of prime Illinois farm land to get at valuable coal underneath. The author explores all the sides to the argument while placing young Eddie and Martha Jo Hawkins into...

A story by a person who loves Illinois. Twin Beeches relives the recent past in rural America with a strong story about a girl growing up in a farming town with a mysterious disappearance in its past. Martha Jo Gonsalves, the daughter of a pipeline worker husband and local business woman wife, finds...