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That time of year [large print] : a Minnesota life / Garrison Keillor.

Keillor, Garrison, (author.).

Summary:

"Garrison Keillor looks back on his life and recounts how a boy with writerly ambitions grew up in a small town on the Mississippi River in the 1950s and turned to comedy and radio. Through a series of lucky breaks, he founded the radio show A Prairie Home Companion and put himself in line for a good life, including mistakes, regrets, and a few medical adventures."-- Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781432888312
ISBN: 1432888315
Physical Description: 603 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2020

Content descriptions

General Note:

Published in 2021 by arrangement with Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Formatted Contents Note:

My life -- My people -- All you need to know -- Luncheonette -- At the farm -- Liberation -- Poverty -- Aunts -- You are welcome -- The trip to New York City -- The amazing year, part 1 -- The amazing year, part 2 -- Radio -- Newspapering -- The Guntzels -- Settling in -- Radio days -- Joe -- A Prairie Home Companion -- An essay on cowardice -- Coast to coast -- I found a great sorrow -- Climbing out ot the soup -- A good life -- Friendship and fame -- John and Grace -- Mitral valve -- You're the top -- Altman -- Ingenuity! Art! Good luck! Goodbye! -- Seventy -- An easy descent into oblivion -- The CEO -- Toast.