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Ohioana Book Award Winner Tells the Story of a Bird Family

WCBE 90.5FM | By Doug Dangler

Published September 25, 2013 at 9:26 PM EDT

Joy M Kiser with her book, America's Other Audubon.

America's Other Audubon won Joy M. Kiser the 2013 Ohioana Book Award for a book about an Ohioan and tells the story of the Circleville, Ohio, family of Genevieve Jones. Jones set out to add to the ornithological work of John J. Audubon by creating the lavishly illustrated book Illustrations of the Nests and Birds of Ohio. Listen below for Kiser's description of the many trials that Jones' book and her family endured before it was finally published, from death and disease to lack of funding. With Craft host Doug Dangler

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Descended from the giant sloths of the Ohio plains, Doug Dangler has spent his life pursuing Yeti and the perfect walnut-crusted cheeseball. He survives on twigs and berries in the wilds of Columbus, occasionally surfacing to conduct interviews with musicians, authors, and other creative types through a system of idiosyncratic grunts and whistles. But seriously, he’s a real person whose hobby is finding interesting people and having them talk about creativity. Dangler attended the University of Toledo, earning a BA in chemistry and biology. For nearly two decades, he’s managed the College of Arts and Sciences Digital Media Studio at The Ohio State University.

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