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050 00 $aF614.S4$bB69 2003
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100 1 $aBoxmeyer, Don$q(Donald Harold),$d1941-
245 12 $aA knack for knowing things :$bstories from St. Paul neighborhoods and beyond /$cDon Boxmeyer.
260 $aSt. Paul, MN :$bMinnesota Historical Society Press,$c℗♭2003.
300 $axii, 214 pages ;$c23 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 $aBrings together in book form, the best of the author's writing.
505 0 $aPalatable pleasures and community gatherings (This guy thinks lutefisk is finger-lickin' good -- Italian renaissance for Little Italy -- Wheels roll at noon on Wednesday -- Down on the Flats -- Harriet Island beckons anew -- Remembering Rondo -- Iced whiskey and boiled cod -- Legends of Swede Hollow -- Men of distinction) -- Angels and charmers ("Bobo" Betts and the boys -- Joe loved the trip -- A life without limitations -- A traveler drops in at Avalanche -- Matt the boss: an exuberant congregant -- Iowa Blackie, king of the hobos -- Tony Crea: a character with character -- It was his vision, not his sight) -- Serving up goodwill (Surprises in store at Crazy Louie's -- A West Side Horatio Alger -- A crackerjack restaurant in a cracker box location -- Flowers for Elaine -- A laidback little old waterfront shanty -- Leaving "the hustle" behind -- St. Nick -- A real grocery store -- An airport in plane peril) -- Healing and serving (A palace full of children -- Windows into a hospital's past -- The Preventorium -- Volunteering among the vets -- A clinic's final hours) -- War veterans (Trip to Pearl Harbor -- Still living "a day of infamy" -- Bataan Death March survivor -- A WAVE yeoman -- Explosion in the South Pacific -- Margaret was a welder -- Last voyage of an LST -- Chosin Reservoir and Heartbreak Ridge -- Memorial Hall and one of its sons -- In the trenches for Korean vets) -- A knack for knowing things (The guardian angel of Lower St. Clair -- He could do anything -- Baking bread by the carload -- Ascending the Shoreview TV tower -- Making music in the park -- Breakfast with Betty -- Tending the lift bridge -- No one made better ice -- Facing the storms on Lake Superior) -- A small town on the prairie (Jake the Drake at Pelican Lake -- Ice house plows into a Plymouth -- A prairie home Halloween -- Everybody needs an Ashby -- The ritual of the hunt -- Here's to Buddy).
651 0 $aSaint Paul (Minn.)$xSocial life and customs$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aSaint Paul (Minn.)$xEthnic relations$vAnecdotes.
651 0 $aSaint Paul (Minn.)$vBiography$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aEthnic neighborhoods$zMinnesota$zSaint Paul$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aMinorities$zMinnesota$zSaint Paul$vAnecdotes.
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650 7 $aMinorities.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01023088
651 7 $aMinnesota$zSaint Paul.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01212130
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)$2bisacsh
650 7 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions.$2bisacsh
655 7 $aBiographies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655 7 $aAnecdotes.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423876
655 7 $aAnecdotes.$2lcgft
730 0 $aSt. Paul pioneer press (Saint Paul, Minn. : 1909)
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip041/2003005087.html
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