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1) Pygmy

Author

Palahniuk, Chuck

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

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Pygmy -- a young adult from a totalitarian state, disguised as an exchange student -- plans a terrorist attack and depicts U.S. Midwestern life through the eyes of a hateful, indoctrinated little killer, in a satire of American xenophobia.

2) Pioneer farm cooking

Author

Gunderson, Mary

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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Discusses the everyday life, family roles, cooking methods, and common foods of pioneers who settled in the Midwest during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Includes recipes.

3) The Midwest survival guide: how we talk, love, work, drink, and eat . . . everything with ranch

Author

Berens, Charlie

Pub. Date

[2021]

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook

Description

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"A hilarious full-color guide to Midwestern culture, from comedian and journalist Charlie Berens, creator of the viral comedic series "The Manitowoc Minute""--

4) Dear county agent guy: calf pulling, husband training, and other dispatches from the heart of the Midwest

Author

Nelson, Jerry

Pub. Date

[2016]

Language

English

Description

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"In the tradition of Mark Twain and Jean Shepherd, Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Jerry Nelson is a humorist whose beat is the American heartland, a small-town world of pickup trucks and Sunday night pancake dinners, dropping in on neighbors and complaining to the country agent. A fourth-generation dairy farmer, Jerry Nelson discovered his voice after he wrote a tongue-in-cheek letter to his county agent for advice on what to do, after a period...

5) The interior borderlands: regional identity in the Midwest and Great Plains

Series

Center for Western Studies Public Affairs volume no. 2

Pub. Date

2019.

Language

English

Description

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Where does the Midwest end and the Great Plains begin? And does it matter? The authors of essays in this collection believe such questions are important to understanding how regional identity forms and persists--or erodes and even disappears.

6) Little house on the prairie: Season six

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

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Almanzo Wilder comes to Walnut Grove with his sister Eliza Jane, the new schoolteacher. The Ingalls decided to adopt Albert. Nels Oleson is reunited with his estranged circus-sideshow sister. Laura and Mary are held captive by escaped convicts. Albert and a friend accidentally set fire to the school for the blind. Almanzo proposes marriage to Laura.

7) Little house on the prairie: Season eight

Pub. Date

[2015]

Language

English

Description

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Relive the Oleson's adoption of Nancy, and every endearing moment of season eight of the series, with restored and remastered picture and sound. Share memories with the Wilders and Ingalls when snowed in at Christmas, witness Almanzo's stroke and the birth of baby Rose, and behold Charles' faith as he pleads for his adopted son's life, in this completely uncut and unforgettable, 22-episode saga. Made-for-TV movie specials: Look back to yesterday:...