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WOBEGON BOY; [Contains Lake Wobegon Days and The Book of Guys]

WOBEGON BOY; [Contains Lake Wobegon Days and The Book of Guys]

WOBEGON BOY; [Contains Lake Wobegon Days and The Book of Guys]
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WOBEGON BOY; [Contains Lake Wobegon Days and The Book of Guys]

by Keillor, Garrison

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ISBN 10
0670878073
ISBN 13
9780670878079
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New York: Viking, 1997. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Fine/Near Fine. INSCRIBED by Author on the half title, 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light blue boards, archival polyester-protected pictorial-cartoon dust jacket (unclipped) with caricature of Garrison painted by C. F. Payne, 305 pages. Gary "Garrison" Keillor (born 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show A Prairie Home Companion, which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of his books Lake Wobegon Days and LEAVING HOME, which is a collection of Lake Wobegon Stories. <br /> <br /> INSCRIBED & SUPERIOR CONDITOIN: Tight, bright, clean with NF bright, clean, unclipped dust jacket that has slight edgewear and some folding to its rear flap. No previous owner or remainder marks.

Synopsis

John Tollefson, a son of Lake Wobegon, has moved East to manage a radio station at a college for academically challenged children of financially gifted parents in upstate New York. Having achieved this pleasant perch, John has a brilliant idea for a restaurant specializing in fresh sweet corn. And he falls in love with an historian named Alida Freeman, hard at work on a book about a nineteenth-century Norwegian naturopath, an acquaintance of Lincoln, Thoreau, Whitman, and Susan B. Anthony. Caught up in his own ambitions, John visits home in Minnesota to sit in the Sidetrack Tap and the Chatterbox Cafe and listen to the talk he has heard all his life, and in that familiar landscape he discovers what is truly important to him. It all comes down to the Lake Wobegon code: Cheer Up, Make Yourself Useful, Mind Your Manners, and Avoid Self-Pity.

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Bookseller
Borg Antiquarian US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
6694
Title
WOBEGON BOY; [Contains Lake Wobegon Days and The Book of Guys]
Author
Keillor, Garrison
Format/Binding
Cloth and boards
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0670878073
ISBN 13
9780670878079
Publisher
Viking
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1997
Keywords
Minnesota, humor, Prairie State, photo, lake wobegon, fiction, radio

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BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).

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