In search of Lake Wobegon

By Garrison Keillor

Subjects: Alltag, Homes and haunts, Interviews, Literary landmarks, Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place), LAKE WOBEGON (MINN.: IMAGINARY PLACE) PICTORIAL WORKS, Minnesota, social life and customs, HOMES AND HAUNTS, Community life, Lake Wobegon (Minnesota : Imaginary place), Manners and customs, Pictorial works, Lake wobegon (minn. : imaginary place), MINNESOTA, PICTORIAL WORKS, Homes, Social life and customs, Bildband, SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, Minnesota, description and travel, Keillor, garrison, 1942-, GARRISON KEILLOR, Kleinstadt

Description: "In the twenty-seven years since Garrison Keillor first brought it to life, the town of Lake Wobegon has become a national treasure. Every Saturday night, when that unmistakable voice says "It has been a quiet week in Lake Wobegon," millions of fans of A Prairie Home Companion find themselves in the most famous small midwestern town (pop. 942) in America.". "This book combines text and image to reveal the real-life origins of the place where "the women are strong, the men are good-looking and the children above average." Keillor meditates on the enduring culture of the county and on the years he spent there as a young writer and an outsider. And a short story of Lake Wobegon, "October," appears here for the first time in print."--BOOK JACKET.