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Member: jowo

CollectionsJoel (2,564), Joan (653), Mom (21), Flicks (10), Michigan (284), Baseball (1,304), Hornblower (111), Mining (65), Rails (33), Shipping (51), Tombstone (7), Sold (89), All collections (3,313)

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Tagsfiction (621), reference (517), minor league (448), history (366), science fiction (323), midwest league (292), yearbook (286), statistics (256), sf (237), program (230) — see all tags

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GroupsBikes and Bicycles, Cycles, Cyclists and Bikers, HMS Surprise, SABR Members, Say Yes to Michigan, The Black Orchid (A Nero Wolfe Group), Too Obscure

Favorite authorsJohn Brunner, C. J. Cherryh, E. E. Cummings, David Drake, Bill James, Peter Morris, Patrick O'Brian, Tim O'Brien, Mark L. Thompson, John Varley, Richard Woodman (Shared favorites)

About meProne to enthusiasms....

I grew up in Kalamazoo, am a Vietnam vet, graduated from Macalester College, and have spent my adult life as a government bureaucrat. I've lived in our small town for nearly two decades. I'm the author/webmaster of A Fan's Guide to the Midwest League, which gets more or less daily maintenance, and the keeper of A Dabbler's Journal, to which I occasionally post stuff.

The photograph? Me, my brother, and my sister at what's now called Colonial Michilimackinac.

About my libraryThere's a ton (possibly literally) of baseball reference material, many books devoted to Great Lakes history and tourism, computer books in various flavors, and a lot of science fiction. There are remnants of what once were fairly serious railroadiana and bicycling bookshelves. And I collect novels that resemble the Horatio Hornblower series. I tend to buy heavily on specific topics as things strike my fancy. Those infatuations, too, show here.

As the collections show, about twenty percent of these are Joan's (hers run to nature guides, mysteries, Tom Clancy-like books, Stephen Jay Gould, and Richard Feynman). I inherited some of my parents' books; they're in the Mom collection. While there's some system to my tags, I'd never be mistaken for a systematic tagger.

Now that we can isolate them in collections, I'll be adding flicks and recordings to the listings.

I'm aging, and the house is small, so I've taken to selling books on eBay and Amazon. The decline resulting from those sales should outpace any purchases I'll make over the next few years.

Homepagehttp://mwlguide.com

Also oneBay, Flickr, Flickr

Real nameJoel Dinda

LocationMulliken, Michigan

Emailjowomwlguide.com

Account typepublic, lifetime

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Member sinceNov 17, 2005