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News from Lake Wobegon

Performance - Spoken Word
Nonfiction: Garrison Keillor / A Prairie Home Companion / Humor
Unabridged   4 hour(s)
Publication date: 04/09/1990

News from Lake Wobegon

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Audio CD ISBN:9780942110388
Digital Download ISBN:9781598879834

Summary

One of the best-selling spoken audios of all time, this is the original collection of Garrison Keillor monologues.
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Product Description

Funny and touching, these 20 stories from original live broadcasts of A Prairie Home Companion follow the seasons in Lake Wobegon.

Contents:
    Spring
  • Me and Choir
  • A Day in the Life of Clarence Bunsen
  • Letter from Jim
  • Fiction
    Summer
  • The Living Flag
  • The Tollefson Boy Goes to College
  • Tomato Butt
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Dog Days of August
  • Mrs. Berge and the Schubert Carillon Piano
    Fall
  • Giant Decoys
  • Darryl Tollerud's Long Day
  • Hog Slaughter
  • Thanksgiving
  • The Royal Family
    Winter
  • Guys on Ice
  • James Lundeen's Christmas
  • The Christmas Story Re-told
  • New Year's from New York
  • Storm Home

Author Bio

GARRISON KEILLOR is America’s favorite storyteller. For more than 35 years, as the host of A Prairie Home Companion, he has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast.

Keillor is also the author of several books and a frequent contributor to national publications including Time, The New Yorker, and National Geographic, in addition to writing his own syndicated column. He has been awarded a National Humanities Medal from the National Endowment of the Humanities. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.