Book by Barbara Feller
Paperback, 92 pages. 
 
At the crossroads of two remarkable cultural legends exists Jay Sigmund, born in Waubeek, Iowa. As the Regionalist movement was in full swing guess who had an enormous influence on well-known artist icon Grant Wood? Jay Sigmund. Also, at this time, it turned out that a paperboy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was working on his poetry with Jay Sigmund this paperboy was Paul Engle, who later went on to co-create the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the international Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. In his time, Jay Sigmund was a well respected insurance agent, but also a well respected and well-known author of poetry as well as having a major impact on Midwestern culture.