I'm Thinking It Over: Spectator Columns from The Forum
by Jim Baccus

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A great listener and connoisseur of anecdotes, Jim Baccus has chosen 80 of his favorite Forum Spectator columns for I'm Thinking It Over.

Here is the story of a locomotive engineer who drove trains for every President from Teddy Roosevelt to Dwight Eisenhower, the inside story of how South Dakotans stole the remains of Sitting Bull from North Dakota, the character of a ma and pa hamburger joint, barn dances in the Dirty Thirties, John Philip Sousa conducting the North Dakota Agricultural College Gold Star Band, and how Lawrence Welk missed his chance to play with "Tiny Little and His Toe Teasers."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jim Baccus knew this region and its people well. He attended school in Jamestown and graduated from North Dakota State University. In 1937 Jim left home to work as a newsman and freelance writer in Los Angeles. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1942-46. After a number of professional writing jobs in Fargo, Jim joined the staff of The Forum in 1973. His writing assignments included agricultural news, personal profiles and a daily column, "The Spectator." Jim passed away in 2006.