Former Rock Island Argus Reporter Conquers D.C., Releases New Book on Miss America History

Saturday in the Arts is a weekly feature covering a trend, subject, event or personality of local interest. It runs every Saturday morning on your site for the best entertainment and arts coverage in the area, QuadCities.com! Reading the breezy, illuminating, insightful and downright fascinating new book, “There She Was: The Secret History of Miss America,” you can tell that author Amy Argetsinger gets it. The 384-page book sings – on the 100th anniversary of the beauty competition (it is NOT a pageant anymore), the former Dispatch and Rock Island Argus reporter is a devoted fan and a chronicler... Read More