Book review: Hayen s Moonshine Harvest is pure fiction but people and places are his old hometown
When Don Hayen set out to write his recent book "Moonshine Harvest" he made the location his old hometown, Marion, and liberally borrowed names of people and places familiar to all who lived there.
It's a good read. The story is based on Kansas prohibition, bootleggers, and a complicated murder plot involving the local sheriff.
Hayen weaves the reader's way through Saturday night shopping (a weekly social event), hunting and fishing in Mud Creek and on Dogfish Island, and Old Settlers' Day. The setting and cast will entertain hometown readers, especially Hayen's numerous relatives. But the murder and all its ramifications will keep the reader's attention wondering what will happen next.
Don Hayen, the son of Fred and Florence, grew up at the corner of Hudson and Locust.
His book is ample evidence of his growing up years in Marion.
After graduating from the University of Kansas and the KU School of Medicine, he served several years as a medical officer in the Navy. More recently he has been a respected dermatologist in California.
Students named to
Washburn honor rolls
Four Marion County students have been named to the spring semester dean's honor roll at Washburn University, Topeka.
They are Katie Zogelman, Florence; Tracy Khounsavanh, Marion; Sara Hamm, Tampa; and Benjamin Jury, Hillsboro.
To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled in at least 12 graded semester credit hours and attain a semester grade point average between 3.4 and 3.99.
