false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170900017m/77244.jpg 77244 23 Portions of this book appeared originally in <i>The Atlantic Monthly</i>. 897867 book 9 1985 Lake Wobegon Days total:1377|5:262|4:503|3:442|2:132|1:38| 1377 4950 1922 147 5 2 false false Tue Jul 22 10:54:41 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 11:25:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jan 31 07:06:31 -0800 2007 Wed Jan 31 07:10:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 07:18:05 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 07:28:53 -0700 2007 Garrison Keillor is a rambling kind of person/writer who just keeps spewing details and weaving threads in a fabric of Lake Wobegon. His somewhat satirical take on a small town, his own hometown - possibly, I still can't figure out if this is a work of fiction or not, and frankly I don't mind - remi...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 14:20:38 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:48:45 -0700 2009 A Prairie Home Companion, a radio show that has been running more or less constantly since 1974; he also hosts The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor, a five-minute radio segment (usually heard on NPR stations) that is also reproduced in written f...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Aug 29 08:36:28 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 29 08:40:47 -0700 2008
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when asked if having a poem on The Prair...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 23:20:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 23:21:25 -0800 2009 LAKE WOBEGON DAYS, the fictional tales of a small Minnesota town, was written by Garrison Keillor in 1985. Keillor is the host of the popular “A Prairie Home Companion” radio show.
Lake Wobegon is full of hard-stock people of Norwegian and German descent, brimming with endearing quirki...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Thu Apr 23 13:48:28 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 13:59:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Mar 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:48:06 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 18:39:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 11:24:29 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 09:50:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 23:31:39 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 11:59:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 07:49:35 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 08:03:14 -0800 2008 This book is hilarious. It took me a month or so to read it and every time I picked it up, I had a good, physical laughing reaction. I picked it up at a garage sale for 25 cents, but would easily have parted with 35 cents just to read the chapter titled “School.”
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Yes, I understand there's not really a plot to it. In fact, I'd bet there's a particular term to describe the type of writing Mr....more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Sat Aug 01 23:24:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 23:32:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Aug 06 06:54:02 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 06:58:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 31 17:47:46 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 24 21:33:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 true false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:19:16 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:19:56 -0700 2009 1
If you enjoy Keillor's st...more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 03:18:58 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 08:09:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:48:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:51:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=77244