VISITING TOM by Michael Perry SIGNED HC 1st/1st

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Signed By
Michael Perry
Era
2010s
Signed
Yes
Ex Libris
No
Personalized
No
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Features
Dust Jacket
Original Language
English
Inscribed
Yes
Country of Origin
United States
Edition
First Edition
Vintage
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ISBN
9780061894442

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0061894443
ISBN-13
9780061894442
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114197859

Product Key Features

Book Title
Visiting Tom : a Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Personal Memoirs, General, Agriculture / General, Sociology / Rural
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Author
Michael Perry
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Width
5 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2012-001356
Reviews
Drop whatever you are doing and sit down to read Michael Perry's Visiting Tom….Perry is a craftsman of the highest order….When you go back to doing what you were doing when you picked up this book, you might just see your world with a broader, more humane perspective., Plunges into the soul of the American heartland. While Foxfire fans will relish the emphasis on forgotten crafts and tools, others will appreciate Perry's gift as a bucolic wordsmith, etching a sensitive portrait of vanishing country life where 'the light of a firefly is the size of a teardrop.', The portrait Mr. Perry paints...is of a place and a life that is worth noting….His writing is beautiful and immediate and elegant., 'Plunges into the soul of the American heartland. While Foxfire fans will relish the emphasis on forgotten crafts and tools, others will appreciate Perry's gift as a bucolic wordsmith, etching a sensitive portrait of vanishing country life where ?the light of a firefly is the size of a teardrop.'? (Publishers Weekly), Visiting Tom is more than just a whimsical portrait of a unique character. It's a meditation on modernity and self-reliance that sneaks up on you with its unexpected depth., ' Visiting Tom is more than just a whimsical portrait of a unique character. It's a meditation on modernity and self-reliance that sneaks up on you with its unexpected depth.' ( Capital Times ), It's part memoir, part character piece. There's a bit of the poetic to it. It's about fighting bureaucracy, Foxfire-ish self-sustenance, life the 'old timer's' way, and male-bonding foolishness. It's about fatherhood, marriage and love. And it's just about one of the sweetest books you'll ever read., "Drop whatever you are doing and sit down to read Michael Perry's Visiting Tom....Perry is a craftsman of the highest order....When you go back to doing what you were doing when you picked up this book, you might just see your world with a broader, more humane perspective." -- New York Journal of Books "Warmhearted....engaging....down-to-earth and genuine." -- Kirkus Reviews "Funnier than Keillor." -- MinnPost " Visiting Tom is more than just a whimsical portrait of a unique character. It's a meditation on modernity and self-reliance that sneaks up on you with its unexpected depth." -- Capital Times "Charming and humorous." -- Booklist "Michael Perry writes the words that create the memoirs that make so many of us want to raise chickens and pigs, plant a few rows of corn or otherwise just make hay. Mostly, though, he makes us want to get to know our neighbors better - no matter where we live." -- Experience Wisconsin Magazine "The portrait Mr. Perry paints...is of a place and a life that is worth noting....His writing is beautiful and immediate and elegant." -- Wall Street Journal "[Perry] is a sharp and empathetic observer." -- Journal Sentinel "In Visiting Tom , a story that melds Perry's unique humor with notes of Garrison Keillor and Billy Bryson, the elderly man's tenderness and character jump off the page as he shares his thoughts on life and love." -- Express Milwaukee "It's part memoir, part character piece. There's a bit of the poetic to it. It's about fighting bureaucracy, Foxfire-ish self-sustenance, life the 'old timer's' way, and male-bonding foolishness. It's about fatherhood, marriage and love. And it's just about one of the sweetest books you'll ever read." -- Daily Sparks Tribune, Michael Perry writes the words that create the memoirs that make so many of us want to raise chickens and pigs, plant a few rows of corn or otherwise just make hay. Mostly, though, he makes us want to get to know our neighbors better - no matter where we live., In Visiting Tom , a story that melds Perry's unique humor with notes of Garrison Keillor and Billy Bryson, the elderly man's tenderness and character jump off the page as he shares his thoughts on life and love.
Dewey Decimal
977.5
Synopsis
"Somewhere between Garrison Keillor's idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives." -St. Paul Pioneer Press "Perry can take comfort in the power of his writing, his ability to pull readers from all corners onto his Wisconsin spread, and make them feel right at home." -Seattle Times Tuesdays with Morrie meets Bill Bryson in Visiting Tom, another witty, poignant, and stylish paean to living in New Auburn, Wisconsin, from Michael Perry. The author of Population: 485, Coop, and Truck: A Love Story, Perry takes us along on his uplifting visits with his octogenarian neighbor one valley over-and celebrates the wisdom, heart, and sass of a vanishing generation that embodies the indomitable spirit of small-town America., "Somewhere between Garrison Keillor's idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives." -- St. Paul Pioneer Press "Perry can take comfort in the power of his writing, his ability to pull readers from all corners onto his Wisconsin spread, and make them feel right at home." -- Seattle Times Tuesdays with Morrie meets Bill Bryson in Visiting Tom , another witty, poignant, and stylish paean to living in New Auburn, Wisconsin, from Michael Perry. The author of Population: 485 , Coop , and Truck: A Love Story , Perry takes us along on his uplifting visits with his octogenarian neighbor one valley over--and celebrates the wisdom, heart, and sass of a vanishing generation that embodies the indomitable spirit of small-town America., "Somewhere between Garrison Keillor's idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives." --St. Paul Pioneer Press "Perry can take comfort in the power of his writing, his ability to pull readers from all corners onto his Wisconsin spread, and make them feel right at home." --Seattle Times Tuesdays with Morrie meets Bill Bryson in Visiting Tom, another witty, poignant, and stylish paean to living in New Auburn, Wisconsin, from Michael Perry. The author of Population: 485, Coop, and Truck: A Love Story, Perry takes us along on his uplifting visits with his octogenarian neighbor one valley over--and celebrates the wisdom, heart, and sass of a vanishing generation that embodies the indomitable spirit of small-town America.
LC Classification Number
CT275.H388P47 2012

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