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Sweet and Sour Pie: A Wisconsin Boyhood
Dave Crehore
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Description for Sweet and Sour Pie: A Wisconsin Boyhood
Hardcover. As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNW; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment. Crehore's stories of his youth in 1950s Wisconsin are peppered with engaging characters and a quiet wit. A grouse-hunting expedition goes awry when an eccentric British businessman bags an escaped bantam rooster with a landing net. Crehore's great-grandfather gets in trouble one Christmas when he sneaks a whoopee-cushion under ... Read more
As a young boy, Dave Crehore moved with his parents from northern Ohio to the shipbuilding town of Manitowoc on the shores of Wisconsin's Lake Michigan, where the Germanic inhabitants punctuate their conversations with 'enso', the local radio station interrupts Beethoven for commercials, and the outdoors are a wellspring of enlightenment. Crehore's stories of his youth in 1950s Wisconsin are peppered with engaging characters and a quiet wit. A grouse-hunting expedition goes awry when an eccentric British businessman bags an escaped bantam rooster with a landing net. Crehore's great-grandfather gets in trouble one Christmas when he sneaks a whoopee-cushion under ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299230609
SKU
V9780299230609
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Ref
99-3
About Dave Crehore
Dave Crehore served as public information officer for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for thirty years. His stories have appeared previously in Wisconsin Natural Resources magazine and Shooting Sportsman magazine. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Reviews for Sweet and Sour Pie: A Wisconsin Boyhood
I savored every page. Every time I sat down to read this, I wanted a wet dog at my feet, a crackling fire, a good cuppa Joe, and Mom's pot roast in the oven. - Mel Miskimen, author of Cop's Kid: A Milwaukee Memoir ""Crehore's affectionate - and frequently amusing - recollections of his transplanted boyhood years in Manitowoc will ... Read more