5555. Patterns and Perspectives in Iowa History, Edited by Dorothy Schwieder (read 6 May 2018) This is a 1973 book published by the Iowa State University Press and contains i8 articles of essays dealing with Iowa subjects ranging from the Indians in early Iowa to the fascinating reapportionment battles of the 1960's (which I lived through but confess I had little memory of). The aricles vary in interest (I had little in the Indians in early Iowa) to accounts of the Amish and Hutterites and farm unrest in the 1930's. Most of the articles were more interest-filled than I expected. My main regret was that the accounts of some subjects were 45 years old. There is much that cannot fail to have pertinence for present-day Iowans. ( )