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Lake of the Ozarks : my surreal summers in a vanishing America

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2019

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Title:	Lake of the Ozarks : my surreal summers in a vanishing America
Author:	Geist, William, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Format:	Book
Publisher, Date:	New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2019.
Description:	xii, 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Summary:	"Bill Geist reflects on his coming of age in the American heartland of the Midwest and traces his evolution as a man and a writer, in the summers between high school and college, before he went off to Vietnam and the country went to Hell"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Geist, William -- Childhood and youth. Summer resorts -- Missouri -- Ozarks, Lake of the, Region -- Anecdotes. Teenage boys -- Missouri -- Biography. Teenagers -- Missouri -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Summer employment -- Missouri -- Anecdotes. Youth -- Employment -- Missouri -- Anecdotes. Ozarks, Lake of the, Region (Mo.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. Missouri -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
Genre:	Anecdotes. Autobiographies.
Contents:	The drive down: Now and then -- The strip -- The tourist trappers -- Uncle Ed -- The Chili Pond -- Extreme dishwashing -- Another day, another dollar -- Amateur night in the kitchen -- The great salad bar debate -- Ozark bellhops -- The Pow Wow Room -- La Noche de la Larry Don -- Sisterhood of servers -- I don't get it -- Night desk -- The Ozark outback -- Getting to the point -- Cross-cultural exchange -- The best laid plans -- Autumn leaves -- Postcript.
ISBN	9781538729809

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