Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Fiction    3. General    4. Regional Subjects - General    5. Childhood and youth    6. Galer, Eilleen Gardner   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Reference    3. Regional Subjects - General   

Subjects:  1. 1927-    2. 20th century    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Bookkeepers    8. Childhood Memoir    9. Merrell, Helen Elizabeth,    10. Missouri    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Regional Subjects - General    13. Social life and customs   

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Where is David Lynch When You Need Him?
I have recently reread for the fifth time the book "When Life Went Hectic."This story, taking place in 1985 and 1986, is a first person account of Quentin Borg, an older Swedish man from Wisconsin, who decides he is going to move to Florida because it has become too difficult for him to handle the cold winters.
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Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Regional Subjects - General    3. Borg, Quentin    4. Journeys   

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Amazing!!
This is A Great Book about mordern day homesteading....Its about a Couple and a Brother traveling to Alaska in The 50's because of the homesteading act...It Tells the trails and tribulations the couple and brother had will suriviving in wildness like people experianced in the 1800s....I DEFINATLY WOULD GET THIS BOOK!!!!... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Personal Memoirs    5. Regional Subjects - General    6. Women    7. Women's studies   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Classics    3. Fiction    4. Literature: Classics    5. Regional Subjects - General    6. Caribbean Area    7. Elite (Social sciences)   

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Hilarious!
I really loved this book.I picked it up with the intension of reading only one or two short stories before bed.However, I found myself unable to turn away from the world Pennsyltucky.The author gives us not only a wonderful collection of stories, but also a believable and genuinely vulnerable central character. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Humor    6. Form - Essays    7. Satire    8. Satire, American    9. Pennsylvania    10. Kentucky    11. Regional Subjects - General   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Directories    3. National Biographies    4. Reference    5. Regional Subjects - General   

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First you have to care
In my former hometown of Oregon City, John McLoughlin is an unavoidable figure. He virtually founded the city, is buried there, his home is a landmark, streets, schools and businesses are named for him. There every school child knows about Fort Vancouver and the Hudson Bay Company. In the rest of the world I fear he is an obscure personage. Ms. Morrison has done extensive, (colossal?), research on McLoughlin and this is the most comprehensive biography of the man we are ever likely to see. John McLoughlin is subject of new historical biography.
John McLoughlin is called -- by vote of the Oregon legislature -- "The Father of Oregon." Yet the government of the United Statesdeliberately invalidated his claim to his Oregon home. Read more

Subjects:  1. 1784-1857    2. 19th century    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Economic History    8. Fur trade    9. Fur traders    10. Historical - General    11. Historical - U.S.    12. History    13. McLoughlin, John,    14. Northwest, Pacific    15. Oregon    16. Oregon - Local History    17. Pioneers    18. Political    19. Regional Subjects - General    20. United States - State & Local - General    21. McLoughlin, John    22. Northwest    23. Hudson's Bay Company   

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An all-American guy's refreshing and honest look at the Last Frontier
Sean Michael Flynn didn't save the world when he went to Alaska; he didn't feed the bears or teach the Eskimos and he didn't climb the highest mountain.But that's not what he set out to do.Flynn was stationed at Eielson Air Force Base in the Alaskan Interior, and while there he decided to make the best of an opportunity to do things most people never get a chance to do.Here he delivers an immeasurably entertaining trip through his first year on the Last Frontier, filled with first-hand experiences written with a wit and humor that would make Dave Barry proud.(At times he made me laugh unlike any writer has been able to do since Lewis Grizzard.Yet is humor is refrshingly effortless...Flynn isn't the class clown, but he's the guy you know who can tell a story that'll leave you rolling on the floor.)Flynn never tries to be a hero, instead using a self-deprecating manner that lets you know he's 'one of us'".His "likeability" makes this a truly refreshing read.You'll really begin to enjoy the time you're spending with him (and that's not easy to accomplish with the written word.)He'd never say so himself, but the reader can tell that Flynn's an all-American guy-next-door...the kind of guy that other guys would like to hang out with and girls would like to take him home to their parents.In this book, he conveys that although the real Alaska might not be everything it's cracked up to be, in many ways, that's one of things that makes Alaska so much more.What's great about this book is everything that it's not---it's not a book about someone who goes to Alaska to communicate with the bears, or live off the land, or become a bush pilot, nor is it one of those books about someone who goes to Alaska to try to find himself.But in the end, that's exactly what he ends up doing.An absolutely fantastic read!

A must read if you get orders to Eielson!
Having been stationed at Eielson during the same time as Flynn, I can vouch for his accuracy in the descriptions of the whole "Interior of Alaska" experience.I'm thankful that he wrote this, because now when people ask what it was like up there, I just tell them to buy the book.Overall I liked his stories and his range of topics, but sometimes they seemed to drag on a bit, especially when they dealt with his lack of female options.He more than makes up for that, with poking fun at a sometimes stuffy US Air Force, and his quest for becoming a sourdough.A great book to pick up when you think life in the lower 48 is tough and you need a chuckle.

Puts Alaska on your "must go" travel list
Well-written, insightful, educational, and entertaining.Funny without making fun of people.Really brings Alaska and its residents to life, providing a fascinating glimpse of the state unavailable to most visitors (i.e., way beyond the typical 7-night cruise ship experience.)I began reading it because of my interest in military history (the author was stationed there as an Air Force officer), but the quality of writing and greater focus on non-military experiences was a pleasant surprise.I now want to quit my job, pack my bags, and head immediately to Alaska. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Air pilots    2. Alaska    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Bush pilots    6. Description And Travel    7. Fairbanks Region    8. Fairbanks Region (Alaska)    9. Flynn, Sean Michael    10. General    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Regional Subjects - General    13. Social life and customs    14. Travel    15. United States - Pacific - Alaska    16. United States - West - Pacific (General)    17. Travel / United States / West / Pacific (AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA)   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. National Biographies    3. Reference    4. Regional Subjects - General    5. Biography: general    6. Reference works    7. USA    8. c 1990 to c 2000   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Form - Essays    3. Humor    4. Personal Memoirs    5. Regional Subjects - General    6. Biography & Autobiography   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography / Women    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Elizabethtown    5. Elizabethtown (N.Y.)    6. General    7. History / United States / State & Local    8. Lewis    9. Lewis (N.Y.)    10. New York (State)    11. Regional Subjects - General    12. Social life and customs    13. Sociology    14. Women    15. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)    16. Aubin, Sonja    17. Cantin, Sadie    18. Cross, Marilyn    19. History    20. Sociology, Social Studies    21. United States - State & Local    22. Wrisley, Melba   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Business & Economics    4. Coal Mining    5. Labor    6. Labor Force    7. Mining    8. Regional Subjects - General   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. General    3. National Biographies    4. Reference    5. Regional Subjects - General    6. Current Events / International   

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Growing up in the Turks and Caicos
This is an important look at what it was to grow up in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Mr. Palmer's recollections let us know what it was like before the Islands were developed for tourism. Charles Palmer allows us to see the Turks and Caicos Islanders move from a rural life into today's modern society. I recommend this book for the traveller who wants to know a lot more than where the best rum punch is served. If you're lucky, you may even meet Charles Palmer on the golf course.

Not a Travel Guide
I realize that folks at Amazon can't check all the books they sell, but perhaps a policy regarding content would be a good idea. I wanted a travel guide on the Turks and Caicos . This is nothing more than a collection of memories put to paper. NO , I did not read the whole book. I started reading it, but the level at which it is written did not intrest me. (That is as polite as I can be regarding this "book" ) I would not recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. General    5. Personal Memoirs    6. Regional Subjects - General   

Subjects:  1. 1926-    2. Anecdotes    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Description and travel    7. Goodyear, Cyril,    8. Lawyers & Judges    9. Newfoundland and Labrador    10. Outdoor life    11. Personal Memoirs    12. Regional Subjects - General    13. Specific Groups - General   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. Fiction    3. Literary    4. Regional Subjects - General    5. Short Stories (single author)    6. American English    7. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles    8. Literature: History & Criticism    9. Fiction - Short Stories (single author)