Author: Michael Perry
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006185297X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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“Part portrait of a place, part rescue manual, part rumination of life and death, Population: 485 is a beautiful meditation on the things that matter.” — Seattle Times Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485) where the local vigilante is a farmer’s wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Michael Perry loves this place. He grew up here, and now—after a decade away—he has returned. Unable to polka or repair his own pickup, his farm-boy hands gone soft after years of writing, Perry figures the best way to regain his credibility is to join the volunteer fire department. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, Population: 485 is a comic and sometimes heartbreaking true tale leavened with quieter meditations on an overlooked America.
Author: Michael Perry
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Category : New Auburn (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Michael Perry chronicles the experiences he had after returning to his childhood hometown of New Auburn, Wisconsin, and joining the volunteer fire department.
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Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 1054
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Lists news events, population figures, and miscellaneous data of an historic, economic, scientific and social nature.
Author: Indiana. Dept. of Statistics
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Author: Indiana. Bureau of Statistics
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Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Author: Frederick Martin
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Category : Economic geography
Languages : en
Pages : 976
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Author: Michigan. Department of State
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Category : Michigan
Languages : en
Pages : 948
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 460
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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