In 1995, working with the Allen County Historical Society, Clyde Toland helped raise funds to move Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston's childhood home into Iola. That's when he got the idea of writing a book about Funston.
Toland has now published the first of three volumes of a biography of Iola's favorite son, "American Hero, Kansas Heritage: Frederick Funston's Early Years 1865-1890."
The other two volumes will be published later this year.