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Life among the Lutherans / Garrison Keillor ; edited by Holly Harden.
Van Pelt Library PS3561.E3755 L535 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keillor, Garrison.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place)--Fiction.
- Lake Wobegon (Minn. : Imaginary place).
- Lake Wobegon (Minnesota : Imaginary place).
- Manners and customs.
- Lutherans.
- Minnesota.
- Lutherans--Minnesota--Fiction.
- Minnesota--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 183 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Augsburg Books, [2009]
- Summary:
- Based on Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon monologues, Life among the Lutherans is a collection of stories about the struggles of ordinary people in an imperfect world, the life and work of the pastor who leads them, and the church to whose high standards they aspire in the small town they call home.
- The stories in Life among the Lutherans reflect everything Keillor fans have come to expect of him. Some are familiar, including the quintessentially Lutheran "95 Theses" from Lake Wobegon Days. Others are more recent. Laugh out loud about the church directory filled with photos that are just plain awful. Share the moment when Pastor Ingqvist receives a leather-bound copy of his sermons. Keillor's telling of every little detail of life in Lake Wobegon is bound to entertain, surprise, and make readers-even those who aren't Lutheran-feel right at home in the mythical community "where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average."
- Contents:
- Introduction
- It could be worse
- The young Lutheran's guide to the orchestra
- Pontoon boat
- PK
- Gospel birds
- Twentieth anniversary
- Deer Camp
- Thanksgiving
- The true meaning of Christmas
- "Johnny Johnson's wedding" : The Sons of Knute Christmas Song
- Ice fishing
- The Sons of Knute March
- Ministers' retreat
- Church organist
- The herdsmen
- Church directory
- Lorraine Turnblad's tombstone
- The pastor's résumé
- The yard of all yards
- Confirmation Sunday
- Memorial Day
- Marital Memorial Day
- An outdoor reception by the lake
- Lutheran summer vacation
- Potato salad
- Raking leaves
- Ninety-five theses
- Lutheran song.
- ISBN:
- 9780806670614
- 0806670614
- OCLC:
- 297149648
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