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719 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. |
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Thorndike Press large print core |
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Thorndike Press large print core series.
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| Summary |
" Stories, essays, poems, and personal reminiscences from the sage of Lake Wobegon. When, at thirteen, he caught on as a sportswriter for the Anoka Herald, Garrison Keillor set out to become a professional writer, and so he has done-a storyteller, sometime comedian, essayist, newspaper columnist, screenwriter, poet. Now a single volume brings together the full range of his work: monologues from A Prairie Home Companion, stories from The New Yorker and The Atlantic, excerpts from novels, newspaper columns. With an extensive introduction and headnotes, photographs, and memorabilia, The Keillor Reader also presents pieces never before published, including the essays "Cheerfulness" and "What We Have Learned So Far." Keillor is the founder and host of A Prairie Home Companion, celebrating its fortieth anniversary in 2014. He is the author of nineteen books of fiction and humor, the editor of the Good Poems collections, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
I. The news from Lake Wobegon. Bus Children -- Growing up with the Flambeaus -- My cousin Kate -- June -- Gospel birds -- Pontoon boat -- What have we learned so far? -- Chickens -- The death of Byron -- Truckstop -- Faith II. Iconic pajamas. Henry -- Little house on the desert -- Billy the kid -- Lonesome Shorty -- The babe -- 1951 -- Little Becky -- Casey at the bat -- Marooned -- Mother's day III. Guys I have known. Earl Grey -- Don Giovanni -- Taking a meeting with Mr. Roast Beef -- Your book saved my life, mister -- Zeus the Lutheran -- Al Denny -- Jimmy seeks his fortune in Fairbanks -- At The New Yorker: my own memoir -- Snowman IV. Life's little day. Rules of orchestra -- Five columns -- A speech to the White House correspondents' association dinner -- Chet -- Mark -- What a luxury -- My life in prison -- Drowning 1954 -- College days -- My stroke (I'm over it) -- Home -- Anglicans -- The owl and the pussycat -- Cheerfulness. |
| Genre |
Large type books.
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Humorous fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781410470430 |
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1410470431 |
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