false 2983501 1 Growing up in the snowblower society of Buffalo, New York, Laura Pedersen s first words were most likely turn the wheel into a skid. Like many families subsisting in the frigid North during the energy crisis, the Pedersens feared rising prices at the gas pump, argued about the thermostat, fought over the dog to stay warm at night, and often slept in their clothes. While her parents were preoccupied with surviving separation and stagflation, daughter Laura became the neighborhood wild child, skipping school, playing poker, betting on the horses, and trading stocks. Learning how to beat the odds, by high school graduation Pedersen was well prepared to seek her fortune on Wall Street, becoming the youngest person to have a seat on the American Stock Exchange and a millionaire by age 21. Combining laugh-out-loud humor with a slice of social history her hometown was a flash point for race riots, antiwar protests, and abortion rallies, not to mention bingo, bowling, and Friday night fish fries, Pedersen paints a vivid portrait of an era. 3013908 book 31 10 2008 Buffalo Gal total:24|5:2|4:8|3:13|2:1| 24 83 67 11 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 14:54:06 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 22 14:54:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 17:28:54 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 05:36:55 -0800 2008 1 It took a long time for me to read this "easy" read. It was not the mo...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 04:32:38 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 04:53:13 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 08 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 02 18:36:19 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 18:36:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 19:19:58 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 19:23:20 -0700 2009
Yet another Unitarian child who apparently turns a bit away from the lessons of her youth...fun stuff!n In addition anyone who grew up in cold midwestern climes a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 12:17:18 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 12:07:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:55:45 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 18:57:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:23:32 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:24:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Dec 20 14:19:52 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 14:20:06 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Sep 02 08:17:12 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 08:17:54 -0700 2008
I'm going to try to get the author into the store in the next few months. Publisher is pushing this one hard.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 03 05:48:57 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 18:27:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 03 07:44:04 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 07:44:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 17 05:30:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 05:30:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 12:21:31 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 12:21:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:35:40 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:36:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 15 19:13:36 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 19:13:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 07 19:43:50 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 19:43:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 11:11:20 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 11:20:17 -0700 2009 3 0 false true Thu Aug 20 17:18:06 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:03:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 23 05:42:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 05:42:18 -0700 2009