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Robin Yocum on Setting a Novel in a Real Place That No Longer Exists

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I have long had a love affair with the Ohio River Valley of my youth. I grew up believing it to be a special place and home to steel, grit, and men both hardened and blackened by the fires of the mills. My first-grade teacher, Mrs. McIntire, reinforced this belief by assuring us that when the Soviet Union nuked the United States, our valley would be the first target as the communists would want to destroy our steel mills. While this was unsettli…
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CrimeReads broke the news in on Friday, December 12, 2025.
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