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Posted to Internet: January 2003

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Biographical Note

David L. Rosheim was born on November 22, 1944, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, and lived in Lake Mills, Iowa, with his mother after his birth. He was educated at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he studied English, philosophy, and history. Rosheim later attended the Luther Theological Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, studying theological and classical language.

David Rosheim has written a variety of books including The Rise and Fall of the Gateway (a history of the Minneapolis Skid Row) and The Dark and the Light Years: A History of Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine. Rosheim has also written poetry and prose regularly since 1960. Many of Rosheim's articles have appeared in the Des Moines Register.

Inventory

Common Ground, #1, Spring 1974, pp. 26 -- 35. Including an article by Rosheim

If It Only Saves Your Life. Poetry anthology with Rosheim contribution

Minnesota History, Volume 46, #8 (Winter 1979) pp. 338 -- 339. Review of The Other Minneapolis or the Rise and Fall of the Gateway, the Old Minneapolis Skid Row

Miscellaneous

Newspaper clippings, 1979 -- 1990

Old Iowegian Legends

Oneota Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (1964), p. 36. Poetry by Rosheim

Pigeon Hunt. Selected Poetry (1961-1989). Photocopy of typescript

Systems. Typescript of an unpublished science fiction novel. (2 folders)

The Thicket. Poetry