Author Tim Grover will discuss his book Barnstorming Babe–A Slugger’s Bumpy Trek Across Small-Town America. Books will be available for purchase and autographing.

Timothy Grover is an author, blogger, photographer, and historian. In 2023, he wrote Barnstorming Babe–A Slugger’s Bumpy Trek Across Small-Town America. Released by BookPress Publishing, the book documents Babe Ruth’s midwestern exhibition tour in 1922. His writing has also appeared in Newsweek, Baseball Digest, the Iowan, and in eight Lyrical Iowa poetry anthologies.

Growing up in northeast Iowa, Tim dreamed of being the next Harmon Killebrew. But lacking speed and the ability to hit any thrown baseball, he gave up the game to collect ball cards and read history books. He received communication degrees from Iowa Central Community College and the University of Northern Iowa, and worked in broadcasting. Now retired, Tim lives in Pleasant Hill, Iowa.