Writing Wednesday: The Heritage of Hope

This week, I’m trying to wrap up our paper, “The Heritage of Hope in a North American Small Town during the Cold War,” which we’ll deliver at the end of the month. Since I’m co-writing it with my wife, Susie, I’d love to get a draft of it done for her to review and critique by the end of the week? Right now, I have two substantive chunks done and I think I’m going to go for a walk this morning to think about the conclusion. These chunks are rough, overlap a bit, and are clearly not contextualized enough (especially for a European audience), but they are words on a page! The Heritage of Hope in a North American Small Town during the Cold War In May 1946, Brooks Baukol purchased twenty building permits for the first homes constructed on the 1800 block of N. Fourth Street. A year later, he purchased eight more permits for lots in the same area. On these lots, his construction company, the Baukol Construction Company, built 28 homes of around 800 sq. feet. Their modest size, especially by…