About the Author
Randy Stapilus is an author, a blogger, a newsletter publisher, and a former newspaper reporter and editor. He also wrote It Happened in Idaho (Globe Pequot) and Outlaw Tales of Idaho (TwoDot). A longtime Idaho resident, he now lives in Carlton, Oregon, with his wife, Linda, and a varying number of dogs.
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