am i going to be able to make florence klingensmith come alive on the pages of the book? and you know, i got a lot of lucky breaks along the way. you know, where i found records, not necessarily on some of the big archives that we think of at harvard and the space museum in d.c. but little historical societies. tiny little places. in the town of morehead, minnesota, there is a little historical society that quietly over the years, no attention, no bright lights. they have been collecting anything they could on florence klingensmith. i called them almost last! a desperation call, do you have any idea where i can find this stuff? and the man on the phone, his name was mark peel and he said to me, something along the lines of, while i have a lot on florence klingensmith. [laughter] and he proceeded to list all of these things that he had been collecting over the years. he had done oral histories with high school students and classmates before they died 30 years ago. and by the end of that three to five minute phone call i said to mark, i would like to come tomorrow. can you