Backstory Sheila L. Croucher and engagement with the world

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Backstory Sheila L. Croucher and engagement with the worldFor every published article there is a backstory of behind the scenes adventures. Between 1980 and 2000, Dean Faulkner Wells and Lawrence Wells traveled coast to coast on magazine assignments. Backstory: A Literary Life on the Run reveals how unexpected events played a major role in each article. The collection of twenty five articles begins with Dean's interview with Willie "Suicide" Jones, her late father's wing walker and fellow barnstormer, and