Nonfiction
The books noted below fall into the general categories of biography and history. I am always thrilled to get an assignment from Legacy Preservation, a publisher in Omaha, Nebraska, that specializes in capturing the unique stories of families and businesses and preserving their legacies in print.
Whatever It Takes (2025)
Greg and Nancy Thrasher never know how to explain their success. They started on a little farmhouse in Earling, Iowa, just trying to make ends meet – and ended up founding a family of groundbreaking companies and redefining an industry.
Building On a Dream (2023)
George Russell was still in his 20s and a lean five-foot-nine-inches tall with blond hair and blue eyes, right out of college and into the Navy, right out of the Navy and into Burgi Lumber in South Dakota . . . and then right into owning and running his own business, Millard Lumber.
Heart and Soul (2017)
Fred Grasso set the tone – and the pace – when he founded Mechanical Sales in 1967. Fred was a people person. Through and through. A workaholic. Around the clock. And, bless his heart, kind of high strung and hyperactive. To say the least.