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Mark Zimmerman

The Zone

True Tales From The Heartland

Mark Zimmerman

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English
Zimco Publications LLC
01 February 2021
History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social & cultural history; Military history; Local interest, family history & nostalgia
The Zone: True Tales From The Heartland (2021), the fascinating new non-fiction paperback from author/historian Mark Zimmerman, takes you on a journey back through space and time as a Boomer recollects his childhood and surviving the Sixties and the Cold War. This 300-page collection of 50 odd illustrated chapters of American history focuses on Middle America, specifically the Midwest and Mid-South, with reports on pastimes such as football, iceboating, setting weird endurance records, sock monkeys and skydiving Santas, the study of corpses, nuclear-powered aircraft and the Flying Crowbar, the blues guitar duel that Jimmy Hendrix lost, Las Vegas by the numbers, Nazi saboteurs, invasion by Patton's tanks and war maneuvers, glass jar tycoons, building the atomic bomb, constructing the world's largest gunpowder plant, the mighty cornfield shipyard, the most powerful machine on or off Earth, Florida's only battlefield, stuntmen buried alive or suspended in space, abandoned space debris, the crypt of civilization, a frugal Congressman and other oddities, the nastiest curmudgeons, feuds and gunfights, downtown assassination, deadly duels, frontier massacres, bushwhackers, gunboats versus cavalry, pioneer ironworks plantations, the history of executions, genius general of the gridiron, murders during wartime, range wars, miners versus militia, possum hunters versus hillbillies, utopian dreamers versus reality, the life of a sitcom psychologist, the legacy of Chief Oshkosh, the history of rock 'n roll, and last but not least, a concise history of the Sixties as illuminated by the Beatles, the astronauts, the Vietnam War, and the Green Bay Packers. Be forewarned, once you've started reading, you have entered The Zone.
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Imprint:   Zimco Publications LLC
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   399g
ISBN:   9780985869298
ISBN 10:   0985869291
Pages:   298
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Mark Zimmerman is a retired newspaperman and publications manager who resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to operating Zimco Publications LLC, he is a member of the American Battlefield Trust, Battle of Nashville Trust, Nashville Civil War Roundtable, Save the Franklin Battlefield, Civil War Fortification Study Group, Tennessee Squires Association, and other historical preservation groups. He enjoys traveling to historic sites and museums, a good joke, and collecting books and old bottles of whiskey. More information available at www.zimcopubs.com.

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