Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor First Edition First Printing Signed

Description: Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison Keillor First Edition First Printing Signed Lake Wobegon Days by Garrison KeillorViking, 1985, 337 pgs.First Edition, First PrintingSigned and dated on title pageHardcover Book, & Dust Jacket in Very Good Condtion. This will be packed very carefully and shipped US Media Mail with Tracking. We are happy to combine items to save you money on shipping. For example, we can send you three typical DVDs for the price of 1. Just put your selection in your shopping cart and press the Request Total button (top right) and we will get back to you with the lowest combined shipping price. Remember Media Mail starts at $4.63 for the first pound weight (or fraction), but then only 75 cents for each additional pound (or fraction). And visit our sister store on eBay (GutenburgReads) to see the more than 700 interesting items we are selling. From the flyleaf: ISBN 0-670-80514-9 FPT>$17.95 "It has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon, my hometown...." For many years, America's Tallest Radio Humorist has leaned over a microphone and murmured stories on "A Prairie Home Companion." Here, at last, is the book that tells the story of Lake Wobegon at length and with almost utter honesty! The town's early history-from the days of the Unitarian missionaries to New Albion College and its crazed founder, Dr. Watt; from the arrival of the first Norwegian Lutherans and German Catholics to the story of The Living Flag and Wally "Old Hard Hands" Bunsen and the Statue of the Unknown Norwegian-is here, as is some of the narrator's own story: his Sanctified Brethren upbringing, his fascination with Catholics and the notion of being somebody else (a Keillorini). We see his failure as a Scout, his embarrassment at wearing black Keds and being picked last for baseball teams, and his shaky romances with Donna and Dorene. Surrounding him are Lake Wobegon's memorable characters and places-Dorothy of the Chatterbox Cafe; Ralph of Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery; Sister Arvonne and Elizabeth, the switchboard operator turned confessor; Miss Falconer, the choir director (whom the narrator imagines "in her underwear with leaves between her breasts"); the sleepwalking Lundbergs; Irene Bunsen (and what really happened to her championship tomato); and many more. By the way: Welcome to the new ebay storefront for The Shepherd's Center of Winston-Salem. The store will be operated by experienced ebay sellers who have been selling some of our best donations for several years now through their own storefronts. Now we are using these same experienced sellers to sell to you directly. For the philanthropists out there, the vast majority of the items sold by us (GutenburgReads and others), are for the benefit of The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem, whose mission is to help house-bound seniors live full and independent lives in their own homes. The center provides transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping, assistance with minor repairs around the house, and companionship through visits. The citizens of Winston-Salem generously donate books, music, movies, and more to us to help us achieve our mission. And now, you can buy useful items from us directly, and you will be helping the less fortunate in our city.

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Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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