| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 227 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Men among men -- Shock and awe -- My daughter's father -- Mushing -- Mike is a nurse -- The not-so handyman -- Tim McGraw: real good bad example -- New Year's resolution: meet Mills at the widowmaker -- Musky hunting -- Why men get a bang out of guns -- Alive, dead, and in between -- Health secrets from the morgue -- Human popsicles -- Puking -- Mike is sweaty -- Mike eats beans -- Mike goes metrosexual -- Poison ivy where? -- That ears ringing thing -- Teetotal -- Like mother, like son -- Working -- A philosopher for the rest of us -- Faith and music -- Greg Brown: hallelujah anyway -- King pleasure -- Molly and the heymakers -- Letter to Lightnin' Hopkins -- The power and the glory -- Running the river righteous -- Sublimation: the Blind Boys of Alabama. |
| Summary |
"A collection of previously published magazine pieces and essays by Michael Perry. Sources include Backpacker, Outside, Runner's World, Men's Health, No Depression, Oxford American, Best American Science Writing, Wisconsin Trails, Encyclopedia of the Midwest, Minnesota Monthly, liner notes from Blind Boys of Alabama album I'll Find A Way, Wisconsin Humanities Council newsletter." -- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Perry, Michael, 1964- -- Family.
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| Subject(S) |
Popular culture -- United States.
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Wisconsin -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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United States -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Title |
Writing from the heart, the gut, and the poison ivy patch |
| ISBN |
9780870208409 (paperback) |
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0870208403 (paperback) |
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