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  • Yes, Missouri, There Really Is a Bootheel: Growing Up in the Bootheel

    Yes, Missouri, There Really Is a Bootheel: Growing Up in the Bootheel - Paperback

    Yes, Missouri, There Really Is a Bootheel: Growing Up in the Bootheel - Paperback

    By Clyde J. Faries

About Clyde J. Faries Books

Clyde Faries received his PhD in Rhetoric and Public Address from the University of Missouri, and retired as a Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Western Illinois University. He served terms as President of the Georgia Speech Association, the Illinois Speech and Theatre Association, and the Missouri Folklore Society. Retirement allowed him to spend 1991 and 1994 in Changsha, Hunan, China, teaching at the National University of Defence Technology. His life outside the classroom included writing and directing "Mystery" plays for Elderhostels, British and American folk music, pickle ball, and golf. He now lives in the retirement community of Terre du Lac.