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44 humorous descriptions of the author's life in the Adirondack region of New York State from 1945 onwards
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adirondack mountains, northern New York StatePeople
Carol GregsonPlaces
Glen Falls, Hudson RiverTimes
1945 - 2007Showing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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LEAKY BOOTS: AND OTHER COMPLAINTS
2003, 2007 (second edition), Carol Gregson
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0974203114 9780974203119
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Table of Contents
Foreword (by Alice Wolf Gilborn, Founder, BLUELINE MAGAZINE, VII - X)
Coming to the Adirondacks, 1
The Disease, 7
Pottersville Complainer, 11
A Place Called Chestertown, 15
The Big Bang, 21
Who's the Goat?, 25
Backwoods Gourmet, 31
Merry Christmas, 35
Wheels, 41
Adirondack Economics, 47
Adirondack Entrepreneur, 53
Down the Road A Piece, 57
Intrepid Hunter, 61
Wheels II, 67
Children Are Durable, 71
Pyromania 77
Vroom, Vroom!, 81
Climb Every Mountain, 85
It's The Berries, 89
Ginseng, 93
Paddle Your Own Canoe, 97
Adirondack Autumn, 101
The Dance is the Thing, 105
Scrounge, 109
Second Coming, 113
Above and Beyond, 119
Water, Water All Around, Nor Any Drop to Drink, 125
Can You Bear It, 131
Wheels III, 135
The Summer Job, 141
These Trees, 145
My Cousin, the Bat Lady, 149
Wild Animals I have Known, 153
January Petition, 159
TV, 163
I Don't Do Math, 167
Snake Eyes, 171
Rain Forest, 175
Virtual is a Seven Letter Dirty Word, 179
Minority Report, 183
Are You Paying Attention?, 189
Nowhere, 193
Botheration, 197
Continuity, 203
Preview bonus...Accidental Gramaw, 209
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It is a series of humorous autobiographic essays about the author's coming as a young bride in 1945 to the backwoods of the Adirondacks of New York State and life thereafter. Its focus is the land and its people.
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August 9, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Updated format 'paperback' to 'Paperback' |
July 2, 2012 | Edited by T. Patrick Killough | added description of second (2007) edition, identified author of foreword and book designer, described bok as paperback, gave pagination. |
July 2, 2012 | Edited by T. Patrick Killough | added table of contents. |
July 2, 2012 | Edited by 66.32.63.147 | Added new cover |
June 30, 2012 | Created by T. Patrick Killough | Added new book. |