Stephen A. Douglas with guest; Reg Ankrom

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Written By Travis Hoffman
Stephen A. Douglas

We've talked about him many times throughout Wild Quincy's history, now we are diving deep into the "Little Giant" Stephen Douglas with author and Douglas (and many other historical topics) aficionado Reg Ankrom who is currently completing his 3rd book in a series of biographies on Douglas.

Check out all of Reg's books at the Quincy History Museum on the Square... for those not local, find them here. as well as Reg’s website.

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