American Gothic

tribution by resurrecting attention torntheir lives and work.rnSigmund, born in the village ofrnWaubeek on the banks of the WapsipiniconrnRiver, moved at age 19 to nearbvrnCedar Rapids and cventuallv becamernan insurance executive. Yet he devotedrnhis main energies to poetry, most of itrnfocused on the flora, fauna, and folk ofrnthe VVapsipinicon . . .