In search of Lake Wobegon

127 pages

English language

Published 2001 by Viking Studio.

OCLC Number:
47833124

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"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.

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Subjects

  • Keillor, Garrison -- Homes and haunts -- Minnesota -- Pictorial works.
  • Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place) -- Pictorial works.
  • Minnesota -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
  • Minnesota -- Pictorial works.