Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
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Book Overview
Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of America in this New York Times bestseller.
Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that author Bill Geist spent summers...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1538729806
ISBN13:9781538729809
Release Date:May 2019
Publisher:Grand Central Publishing
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.76 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Customer Reviews
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A Trip into a time gone by
Published by Innov8r , 1 year ago
First, I like Bill Geist as a humorist and writer, but my relationship with this book is much more personal. I came from the Lake of the Ozarks, walked the strip on hot summer nights when Bagnell Dam and its "kitchie" attractions were really fun and exciting. I loved the book for his witty remembrances and I might have recognized a few characters although the names appear fictional.
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