Odes to Iowa

Carson Ode has reported and written, wife Connie has edited, and Carson has designed three coffee-table style travel books about Iowa. They spoke Thursday, Nov. 17 to nearly 20 attendees at the Clarksville Public Library.
Ode logged 15,000 miles for the first book, “Iowa—Spaces, Places, Faces”; 20,000 miles for the second book, “Celebrate Iowa,” because he said he was unable to travel systematically; and for the third, “Iowa Culture Past and Present,” 15,000 miles.
“Don’t ask me what is my favorite part of Iowa, because all I’ll do is ask you where you’re from,” he said.
The recent book, “Iowa Culture — Past and Present,” features, as part of the Butler County section, the Clarksville Library’s Mark Pulis History Room and Francis Edeker’s Trains on the Farm (east of Clarksville).
Carson Ode writes:
“Upon his passing in 2013, Mark Pulis left a generous donation to the Clarksville Public Library in appreciation of its contribution to the community. Born in 1915, Mark was Clarksville High School’s oldest [alumnus] from 2010 to 2013. […]
Read the full article in the December 1 edition of the papers.