Easton Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by author on limitation page. First edition, number 1156 out of 1250 copies. Leather-bound hard cover published by Easton Press in 2001. No dust jacket. Dark blue leather covers with gilt decorations and lettering. Upper corners are slightly bumped. Spine has five raised bands. Page edges are gilt-covered. Gilt on side edges has some slight scratches. Silk moire endpapers. Light pink satin bookmark ribbon is attached to headband. A signed COA and a note about the book and author, each from Easton Press, are included. Book is in very good plus condition. Large 8vo, 291 pages, 1.6 lb.; Signed First Edition; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 291 pages; Signed by Author .

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The Doo Dads are singing "My Girl" on the radio and fourteen-year-old Gary is studying pictures of naked women, aware that Grandpa is looking down from heaven wondering how the boy turned out so badly. He has never so much as kissed a girl, except his rebellious cousin Kate, a sophisticate of seventeen who knows about The New Yorker and also how to swear and exhale smoke rings. But this is a summer of change for Gary: he fights back against his bullying born-again sister and his tyrannical teacher, and most significantly, he receives an Underwood typewriter-a typewriter that will help Gary believe he can become a writer. With his trademark gift for treading "a line delicate as a cobweb between satire and sentiment" ( The Cleveland Plain Dealer ), Keillor's touching and funny novel brilliantly captures a newly minted America and delivers an unforgettable comedy about the universal aspects of adolescence-from first loves to fear and fascination with bodily functions.

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Bookseller: Inside the Covers (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: MSK13677
Title: Lake Wobegon Summer 1956
Author: Keillor, Garrison
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Easton Press
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: Radio Broadcasts, Radio Show, Minnesota, Little Towns, Public Radio

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