Heinz Suppan, a Springfield, Illinois native received his Associate of Arts degree at Springfield Junior College, a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois and a Master’s Degree at the University of Illinois in Springfield. He has lived in Ottawa, Illinois and has taught German and history at Marquette Academy for the past 35 years. He has also taught German and a variety of history classes at Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, Illinois, Joliet Junior College and Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby Illinois. In 2015 Suppan published his first book “Remember Indian Creek! In the Shadow of the Black Hawk War” and in 2016 he published his second book, “Marking Time: The Radium Girls of Ottawa”. From 2013 to 2016 Suppan has presented excerpts from his two books at the Conference on Illinois History in Springfield. He presented “Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis” in 2015. His latest endeavor, “The Ottawa Rescue Case” tells the story of several local citizens in Ottawa, Illinois who risked their freedom and fortunes to assist a runaway slave escape from legal authorities and helped him connect with the underground railroad which got Jim Gray to freedom in Canada. Suppan continues to teach at Marquette Academy and is an adjunct instructor at Illinois Valley Community College. He lives with his wife Leslie in Ottawa.
Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis
by Heinz-Dietrich Suppan

Pana: The Crossroads of Crisis
by Heinz-Dietrich Suppan
Published May 09, 2017
120 Pages
Genre: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)