| Local Wonders: Seasons in the Bohemian Alps Contributor(s): Kooser, Ted (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433224321 ISBN-13: 9781433224324 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | United States - Midwest - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 978.23 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.35 lbs) |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ted Kooser describes with exquisite detail and humor the place he calls home in the rolling hills of southeastern Nebraska, an area known as the Bohemian Alps. Nothing is too big or too small for his attention, including memories of his grandmother's cooking. Kooser also reminds us that the closing of local schools, thoughtless county weed control, and irresponsible housing development destroy more than just the view. What makes life meaningful for Kooser are the ways in which his neighbors care for one another and how an afternoon walking with an old dog, baking a pie, or decorating the house for Christmas can summon memories of his Iowa childhood. This writer sees the extraordinary within the ordinary, the deep beneath the shallow, and the abiding wisdom in the pithy Bohemian proverbs that are woven into his essays. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kooser, Ted: - Ted Kooser is a poet, essayist, and a Presidential Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served as the US poet laureate from 2004 to 2006, and his book Delights & Shadows won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. He lives in Nebraska with his family. |