The Resource Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource)
Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource)
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The item Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library.
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The item Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library.
- Summary
- A Grammy nominee. Fourteen-year-old Gary, a self-described tree toad lover of a perfect lawn, the soft-porn masterpiece Carnal Cuties, his Underwood typewriter, and, above all, his rebellious cousin Katelives through one amazing Lake Wobegon summer. Gary preoccupies himself by spinning fantastic yarns about boogers, talking dogs, conversations between God and Jesus, and especially melodramas featuring himself as hero and Kate as distressed damsel.When the real Kate makes a terrible mistake, Gary learns a lot about love, heartbreak, and what it really means to rebel.In Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor describes the making of a writer who comes of age in classic Wobegon style. It's just what his fans have been waiting for: trademark wit, brilliant humor, great storytelling, and an extended stay in the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Abridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 30 min.))
- Isbn
- 9781598873306
- Label
- Lake Wobegon summer, 1956
- Title
- Lake Wobegon summer, 1956
- Statement of responsibility
- Garrison Keillor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A Grammy nominee. Fourteen-year-old Gary, a self-described tree toad lover of a perfect lawn, the soft-porn masterpiece Carnal Cuties, his Underwood typewriter, and, above all, his rebellious cousin Katelives through one amazing Lake Wobegon summer. Gary preoccupies himself by spinning fantastic yarns about boogers, talking dogs, conversations between God and Jesus, and especially melodramas featuring himself as hero and Kate as distressed damsel.When the real Kate makes a terrible mistake, Gary learns a lot about love, heartbreak, and what it really means to rebel.In Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Garrison Keillor describes the making of a writer who comes of age in classic Wobegon style. It's just what his fans have been waiting for: trademark wit, brilliant humor, great storytelling, and an extended stay in the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- Midwest
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Keillor, Garrison
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- Format of music
- not applicable
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- PerformerNote
- Read by the author
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- hoopla digital
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Teenage boys
- Authors
- Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place)
- Minnesota
- Target audience
- adult
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource)
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- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
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- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Abridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 30 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
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- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
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- Isbn
- 9781598873306
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
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- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11419350
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 11419350
- System control number
- MWT11419350
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- Lake Wobegon summer, 1956, Garrison Keillor, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Edition
- Abridged.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 30 min.))
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
-
- online
- electronic
- Governing access note
- Digital content provided by hoopla
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781598873306
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book)
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- not applicable
- Kind of material
- unknown
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- digital.
- Publisher number
- MWT11419350
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- access
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- other
- Stock number
- 11419350
- System control number
- MWT11419350
- System details
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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