Iowa History Center launches speaker series

Oct. 22, 2007

The Iowa History Center at Simpson College will open its speaker series with the talk about a murder that shocked and divided a rural community in Warren County, Iowa.

Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolf, authors of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland, will discuss their book about the century-old murder Oct. 22 at Simpson College in Lekberg Hall at 7 p.m.

Midnight Assassin examines the murder and investigation and the trials of Margaret Hossack, who is accused of brutally murdering her husband, while providing an in-depth portrayal of rural Iowa life at the turn of the century. Though Hossack was originally convicted, she was set free a year later after the jury in the retrial failed to reach a verdict. The murder remains unsolved.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the event, call (515) 961-1528. For more information about the publication, visit www.midnightassassin.com.

Other events in this speaker series are:

Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray and former U.S. Ambassador and President of the World Food Prize Kenneth Quinn will talk about resettling Southeast Asian refugees in Iowa during the late 1970s. The event will be held Feb. 21 at Simpson College.
Mildred Kalish, author of Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression, will speak about her childhood. The Iowa History Center is jointly sponsoring this event with the Des Moines Public Library. The program will be held at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines April 8.

About the Iowa History Center:

The Iowa History Center was established to:

Promote Iowa history in the state’s schools and communities by providing a fund to award competitive grants to kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers who develop innovative approaches to introducing Iowa history in their classrooms
Encourage the study and research of Iowa history by funding a prize for the best master’s thesis in Iowa history, encouraging students from Iowa’s three universities to complete work in Iowa history
Place Simpson College students in internships with various state historical associations
Fund faculty research in Iowa history
Create and offer an Iowa history course at Simpson College
Provide method of publishing Iowa history books


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Iowa History Center launches speaker series Oct. 22, 2007 The Iowa History Center at Simpson College will open its speaker series with the talk about a murder that shocked and divided a rural community in Warren County, Iowa. Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolf, authors of Midnight Assassin: A Murder in America's Heartland, will discuss their book about the century-old murder Oct. 22 at Simpson College in Lekberg Hall at 7 p.m. Midnight Assassin examines the murder and investigation and the trials of Margaret Hossack, who is accused of brutally murdering her husband, while providing an in-depth portrayal of rural Iowa life at the turn of the century. Though Hossack was originally convicted, she was set free a year later after the jury in the retrial failed to reach a verdict. The murder remains unsolved. The event is free and open to the public. For more information about the event, call (515) 961-1528. For more information about the publication, visit www.midnightassassin.com. Other events in this speaker series are: Former Iowa Governor Robert Ray and former U.S. Ambassador and President of the World Food Prize Kenneth Quinn will talk about resettling Southeast Asian refugees in Iowa during the late 1970s. The event will be held Feb. 21 at Simpson College. Mildred Kalish, author of Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression, will speak about her childhood. The Iowa History Center is jointly sponsoring this event with the Des Moines Public Library. The program will be held at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines April 8. About the Iowa History Center: The Iowa History Center was established to: Promote Iowa history in the state’s schools and communities by providing a fund to award competitive grants to kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers who develop innovative approaches to introducing Iowa history in their classrooms Encourage the study and research of Iowa history by funding a prize for the best master’s thesis in Iowa history, encouraging students from Iowa’s three universities to complete work in Iowa history Place Simpson College students in internships with various state historical associations Fund faculty research in Iowa history Create and offer an Iowa history course at Simpson College Provide method of publishing Iowa history books
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