The Idaho Conversion Kit
Published on 10. October 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
186 pages
978-1-7341924-5-2 (ISBN)
Description
How to be an Idahoan in "Ten Easy Steps." Or, in one easy step. Get yourself born here. You're home-free if you were smart enough to be born in Idaho. You can slap an Idaho Native bumper sticker on your Prius right now and skip the rest of the book. But, if you can't check off a high percentage of these ten steps, you'll fit in like a duck in Oxfords. You're technically an Idahoan, but are you a real Idahoan?
Rick Just has written an easy primer for those wanting to fit into the Great State of Idaho, educating readers with tidbits of history and a few other stories sure to fill one's Idaho cup. The Idaho Conversion Kit will help you learn about Idaho place names, state shapes, license plate identifiers, symbols, superlatives, famous lake monsters, nicknames, interesting (and sometimes, surprising) connections, and more.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
279 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7341924-5-2 (9781734192452)
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Rick Just is a native Idahoan who grew up on a ranch along the Blackfoot River. Just was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, and graduated from Firth High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Master of Public Administration from Boise State University.Just served in the United States Marine Corps from 1969 to 1971. For 30 years, he worked for the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, retiring as chief planner.Just has published four young adult novels, The Wizards Trilogy, consisting of Wizard Girl (2007), Wizard Chase (2012), and Wizard's End (2012), followed by Ghost Writer (2019). He also wrote Anjel (2014).He has written or edited several books on Idaho history, including 100 Years: Idaho and Its Parks (Idaho Parks and Recreation, 2008); Idaho Snapshots (2012); Idaho's State Parks (Images of America Series, 2017); and Keeping Private Idaho (a novel, 2018).His most recent books are A Kid's Guide to Boise (2018), Fearless: The Story of Farris Lind, the Man Behind the Skunk (2019), and Symbols, Signs, and Songs, the first in the "Speaking of Idaho History" Series (2020).Rick Just was elected to the Idaho Senate (15th District) in November 2022, and assumed office on December 1, 2022.