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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 17, 1942, Swanson moved with his family to the Village of Island Park in 1945. His entire school experience was in Mound. His most recent release, Simpler Times, is a vivid, nostalgic, and intimate memoir of his growing up there in the early 50s. Simpler Times is filled with reflections of goodness, innocence, and all too often misguided play. His intricately woven tales return you to a time and place that you cherish and to which you are intrinsically and forever linked -- a place in your memory calling for your return. Included are humorous tales about hide-and-seek, snowball fights, family pets, wildlife rescue, and the discovery of the opposite sex. This book will make you smile, laugh, rejoice, and bring you to tears. It may lift the fog of a fading memory of a grandparent long gone, or remind you of a valuable life lesson taught by a parent, special teacher, or scout leader.

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Dale Swanson, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1942, moved with his family to the Village of Island Park in 1945. He attended Mound schools through graduation in 1960. A U.S. Navy veteran and retired supervisor from U.S. West Telephone Company he now makes his home in Prior Lake. Married since 1965, he has two children and four beautiful granddaughters. In addition to bible study, some of his favorite pastimes involve hunting, camping, canoeing, and travel. He has bow hunted the big timber from California to New Hampshire and the croplands between; canoed the BWCA, the Manistee, and the Merrimac; snorkeled in the Sea of Marmara, tracked satellites in Tananarive, Madagascar, and he can start a campfire after five days of steady rain.

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