Former Oshkosh Northwestern Editorial Editor Larry Peterson has written a novel rumored to be based on his work experience in Oshkosh.
“City Editor” revolves around Mike Donahue, a South Carolina city editor who sends his staff out to investigate a possible cover-up regarding the construction of a prison unit for sexual offenders. Peterson was on the Northwestern staff about the time a similar facility was added to the Oshkosh Correctional Institute.
Published in 2003 by PublishAmerica, the book is also available at the Oshkosh Public Library.
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You indicated on 12/23 that it was rumored that my novel, "City Editor" was based on my experience as editorial page editor in Oshkosh. (Thanks for the mention, by the way.) In face, much of the plot material about the proposed sexual predator "treatment center" was in fact based on my experience at the paper. The names were changed, of course, to protect the guilty. You can find a good description of the situation in a column by executive editor Stu Rieckman, published in summer 2003. It's available online.
Thanks,
Larry Peterson
larry.peterson@savannahnow.com
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