Prescriptions for Boredom
Subtitle: Take Two a Day
Publisher: Vantage Pr
Published: 2012
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780533165087
Subjects: Folklore; Fiction; Social life and customs; American Humorous stories; Oral history; Humor; American Short stories; Manners and customs
Table of contents: title: Old Soldier's Cemetery --; title: The crazies --; title: Harmony --; title: Spitting image --; title: Chicken light --; title: Who was Mrs. Santa Claus? --; title: Mystery in the deep woods --; title: Uncle Walter and the elephant's behind --; title: Legend of Little Fleet Foot --; title: Why does Aunt Kay keep dying? --; title: The interview --; title: Uncle Pud --; title: First-time volunteers --; title: Bird sitting isn't for babies --; title: Down-home Christmas --; title: Perry Peregrine --; title: Mama and Vladimir Horowitz --; title: Meet your neighbor --; title: How the nuthatch got its name --; title: The horrible Halloween --; title: A shiny band --; title: Black history in Dubuque as I know it --; title: A shiny bit of lead --; title: Red, white, and blue Christmas --; title: Let Catfish Creek be dammed --; title: Anatomy of a song --; title: How Dubuque got an ice harbor --; title: Oil Rush-1860 --; title: Look out for spies --; title: Class of '42 --; title: Come to the river --; title: Spanish-American war correspondence-1899 --; title: Mor letters from Leo --; title: Cousin Leo's last letter --; title: Father Marquette's first mass to the Indians at the Mississippi and Fox River Junction-1673 --; title: In the case of Lelah-Puc-Ka-Chee.