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    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
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    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors

    By Dale Maley

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    Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the railroad first crossed Central Illinois.
    This short story attempts do documents all the Fairbury citizens who have authored books over the years.
    Several of these book authors are major figures in the history of Fairbury. Additional biographical and historical information for these book authors is included in this short story.
    It turned out to be a challenging task to identify all of the book authors from Fairbury. If anyone has inadvertently not been included, the author apologizes in advance for any mistakes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDale Maley
    Release dateSep 5, 2015
    ISBN9781311960078
    Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors
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    Dale Maley

    Dale C. Maley is the author of the 19999 book Index Mutual Funds: How to Simplify Your Financial Life and Beat the Pros.He is also a contributing author to Chapter 18 Seeking Help from Professionals in the 2009 book The Bogleheads Guide to Retirement Planning.He is a very successful private investor who has been a student of Financial Planning and Investing for over 30 years. He was trained as an engineer at the University of Illinois and has been a practicing engineer for 32 years. His accomplishments as an engineer include the granting of 16 U.S. Patents and authorship of over 500 professional technical papers. He is also a member of the International Society of Automotive Engineers and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers.He also has earned an MBA (Masters Degree in Business Administration) degree from Illinois State University. His background in mathematics, engineering, and business provides him with the excellent basis for understanding and teaching investments and financial planning.He is also a very successful investor who has been investing in common stocks and mutual funds since 1980. He has also personally invested in both 401(K) and IRA plans, so he is familiar with participation and management of these types of investments. He has been investing in indexed common stock mutual funds since 1990.Dale became a Registered Financial Advisor in the State of Illinois in 2006 and is currently launching his business as a fee-only financial planner. He is President of Maley Financial Planning LLC.

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      Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors - Dale Maley

      Fairbury, Illinois BOOK AUTHORS

      by

      Dale C. Maley

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      Artephius Publishing on Smashwords

      Fairbury, Illinois Book Authors

      Copyright © 2015 by Dale C. Maley

      All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system. No part may be transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise). Exceptions to this must be with the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

      *****

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Introduction

      Chapter 2

      Book Authors

      Chapter 3

      Special Mention

      Chapter 4

      Summary

      References

      Recommended Reading

      Web Sites

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      Warning-Disclaimer

      This book is designed to provide information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher and author are not engaged in rendering legal, accounting, insurance, or other professional services. If legal or other expert assistance is required, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

      It is not the purpose of this manual to reprint all the information that is otherwise available to the author and/or publisher. The purpose is to complement, amplify, and supplement other texts. You are urged to read all the available material, learn as much as possible about investing and to tailor the information to your individual needs.

      Every effort has been made to make this book as complete and as accurate as possible. However, there may be mistakes both typographical and in content. Therefore, this text should be used only as a general guide and not as the ultimate of investing information. Furthermore, this book contains information on investing only up to the printing date.

      The purpose of this book is to educate and entertain. The author and publisher shall have neither liability nor responsibility with respect to any loss or damage caused by the information contained in this book.

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      Foreword

      Fairbury is a small town located in Central Illinois. It is 100 miles south of Chicago and 60 miles east of Peoria. It was founded in 1857 when the railroad first crossed Central Illinois.

      This short story attempts do documents all the Fairbury citizens who have authored books over the years.

      Several of these book authors are major figures in the history of Fairbury. Additional biographical and historical information for these book authors is included in this short story.

      It turned out to be a challenging task to identify all of the book authors from Fairbury. If anyone has inadvertently not been included, the author apologizes in advance for any mistakes.

      * * * * *

      CHAPTER 1

      Introduction

      Several sources were used to determine which Fairbury citizens have authored books. These sources included Amazon.com, the Library of Congress web site, Dominy Memorial Library, the Fairbury Echoes Museum, and Google searches.

      The end result of this research was the compilation of a spreadsheet. This spreadsheet includes the author's name, book title, and year of publication.

      This spreadsheet was then used as the primary source for writing this short story.

      An

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