William Elliott Hazelgroves' Rocket Man Chronicles the Wide Lawns and Narrow Minds of Suburbia Novel Explores the Demise of American Dream Oak Park, IL,, October 28, 2008 -- Ernest Hemingway made a famous statement about his hometown of Oak Park, Illinois, summing up the Protestant enclave West of Chicago as the place of "wide lawns and narrow minds." So it makes sense that another man who is working in Ernest Hemingways's attic should write a novel that takes this concept one step further. That ...