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Gospel Birds

Name: Gospel Birds
Author: Garrison Keillor
ISBN: 9781565110106

by Garrison Keillor

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Overview

Gospel Birds is a collection of nine classic and very funny monologues from the early years of

A Prairie Home Companion. In addition to the title story (about Irma and Ernie Lundeen's traveling flock of acrobatic, bible-reciting birds), contents include:

Pastor Ingquist's Trip to Orlando
Mammoth Concert Tickets
Bruno, the Fishing Dog
Gospel Birds
Meeting Donny Hart at the Bus Stop
A Day at the Circus with Mazumbo
The Tollerud's Korean Baby
Sylvester Krueger's Desk
Babe Ruth visits Lake Wobegon

Gospel Birds is Garrison Keillor at his very best—endearing insights, gentle humor and warm affection for the human foibles we all share.

About the Author, Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

First with his performances on Minnesota Public Radio's Prairie Home Companion and later in his books, Garrison Keillor has become a symbol of the small-town Midwest -- its absurdities, its stoutness, and its warmth. His popular, funny stories set in Lake Wobegon manage to evoke nostalgia for a town that never existed.

Biography

Garrison Keillor is the author of thirteen books, including Lake Wobegon Summer 1956, Wobegon Boy, and Lake Wobegon Days. From 1999-2001, Keillor wrote a column "Dear Mr. Blue: Advice for Lovers and Writers" on Salon.com. Keillor's popular Saturday-night public radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is in its twenty-seventh season. He lives in St. Paul with his wife and daughter.

Author biography courtesy of Penguin Group (USA).