Hometown Humor
(See the books under Nostalgia too.)
If your children or
grandchildren have ever asked you to write down what it was like in the
"Olden Days" and you are taken aback because you associate the Olden
Days with your grandparents and you are way too busy to sit and write
anyway, you might just want to buy some of these books and give them to
your family members. Simply say, "It was like this." You can then
get on with your life, and please them at the same time. So,
place your order and head out to the golf course or even go hot air
ballooning...whatever trips your trigger. Who knows? Maybe your kids
will quit stopping in every time they want to borrow your chain saw or
have a hot meal without paying. Happy Surfing! (Take it either way.)
My Best Advice
is: Don't Go Home by Steve Lang
A two-month career as a
clarinetist in elementary school, being "hitless at 29 at-bats," roller
skating straight into a wall, and being a member of the only Swedish
family in a town of Norwegians are just a few of the experiences that
Lang (a lost Swedish-American transplanted in southern Texas where his
roots are at risk and his quest for Elvis-sightings are suffering from
drought conditions) writes about in this always funny yet frequently
touching book about growing up in Erdahl (population 50), a very small
town in Western Minnesota.
MEM
- 05 Autographed Paperback $15.95
 Growing
up in Henderson: As We Remember It by Don Osell (with
20 contributors)
One copy
remaining
Osell's
fond memories and humor come through clearly in
his stories about growing up in Henderson, Minnesota: having
a crush on Shirley Temple, the greatest six-man football team,
stealing apples, the 9:00 town curfew, and Wild Root Cream
Oil which turned one's hatless head into a round icicle.
[Profits from the sale of this book
go to the
Joseph R. Brown Minnesota River Center located in Henderson, MN]
MEM
- 06 Autographed Paperback $20.00
Minnesota
Memories (Volume Two) by Joan Claire Graham & Kathy A.
Megyeri (plus 34 friends)
One copy
remaining
Southern
Minnesota
MEM
- 07 Paperback $12.95
 Growing
Up in Frost by Neil Palmer
Kittlesen
Subtitled
"Memories from Small Town America", this book is a collection of the
author's memories of growing up in a small town (Frost, MN), in the 30s
and 40s, but what sets this book apart from other memoirs is the
author's ability to tell a good story, his fantastic memory coupled
with a vivid imagination, and the fact that Frost -- perched on the
Iowa border -- is filled with Norwegian-Americans. The result is a
collection of stories about a warm, cozy place that seems to have been
misnamed.
Colorful
characters and exciting events (such as Halloween mischief and church
controversies) are balanced with folksy ordinariness -- growing up in a
place where people care for each other, little things can become big
news, neighbors are the main entertainment, and dogs sleep in the
street.
Like
many site-specific memoirs, the incidents and characters often seem
universal. As one reviewer wrote, "Even if you've never set foot in
Frost, you may have grown up there."
MEM - 06
Paperback $14.95
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