45 Fairly True Tales from the Old Corner Bar - Couverture souple

Brakken, James A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0997624949 ISBN 13 : 9780997624946

Editeur : Badger Valley Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

Ah, the good old days! When the rivers of time flowed slower and local taverns served as public meeting places. Although these 45 “fairly true” tales could have come from almost any watering hole, most originated in the old Corner Bar in Cable, Wisconsin, a usually quiet village not far from Lake Superior and deep within the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. While names and some of the “particulars” have been changed, these stories are based on true events as told to or recalled by James Brakken, Bayfield County’s award-winning author of historical fiction novels and short stories. So, come on in. Meet the gang. Lift a glass and join the fun. Laugh at the latest jokes or another late-night prank gone awry. Learn more than you might wish to know about the goings on around town or in the only other tavern in the village. These fairly true tales will leave you laughing or shocked or sad or utterly flabbergasted when you learn how clever some patrons of the old Corner Bar can be one minute, yet how dimwitted the next. Visit BadgerValley.com and step into the past in the old Corner Bar. We’ve been waiting for you! Note: 6 of these stories are found in James Brakken’s other short story collections, Billyboy, the Corner Bar Bear and The Moose & Wilbur P. Dilby. But the remaining thirty-nine tales are all new. So what are you waiting for? Grab a copy of this salute to every old Corner Bar and enjoy this journey into days gone by. Press item excerpt: James Brakken, writes fact-based stories set long ago in Sawyer, Ashland, Douglas, and Bayfield Counties. The award-winning author has now completed his 11th title, Forty-five Fairly True Tales from the Old Corner Bar, an illustrated collection of fact-based short stories, now available at Brakken’s website, BadgerValley.com. “This book has been two years in the making,” said Brakken, “and although these “fairly true” tales could have come from almost any Upper Midwest watering hole, most originated at the old Corner Bar in Cable, Wisconsin, my hometown. While names and some of the ‘particulars’ have been changed, all of these stories are based on true events and real people. ”Forty-five Fairly True Tales from the Old Corner Bar is Brakken’s third collection of short stories from the old days up north. It follows The Moose and Wilbur P. Dilby (2015), Billyboy, the Corner Bar Bear (2016). Together, these three books contain 113 of Brakken’s north country tales. Most are humorous, a few are sad and several are shocking. “My stories include a wide range of northland characters including, game wardens, gangsters, constables and crooks, youngsters and oldsters, wise guys and schnooks,” said Brakken, “along with many other fascinating northland characters. ”Brakken’s first novel, The Treasure of Namakagon, (2012), won 2nd place out of 10,000 worldwide entries in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Brakken also received the 2013, 2014, and 2016 Lake Superior Writers Award and the coveted Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring for his short story collection, The Moose and Wilbur P. Dilby plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North (2015). Most of Brakken’s short stories take place between Hayward and Lake Superior anywhere from 1880 to 1960. Excerpts from some of these stories and Brakken’s other books can be found at his BadgerValley.com website.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

About the Author Bayfield County author, James Brakken, began writing in college when Muskie Madness, his story of a fishing trip with his father, appeared in Boy's Life Magazine in 1974. More articles followed in Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Field & Stream, School Arts, and other publications. His first novel, The Treasure of Namakagon (2012), features a boy in an 1883 northern Wisconsin lumber camp and Chief Namakagon's legendary lost silver mine. The suspicious 1886 death of Namakagon and the 1846 disappearance of a Sault Ste. Marie murder fugitive led to two more novels, Tor Loken & the Death of Chief Namakagon (2013) and The Secret Life of Chief Namakagon (2014), where Brakken solved a 168-year-old cold case when he proved Chief Namakagon was actually John Falcon Tanner, the adventurer and war hero who'd vanished in 1846. Brakken's Annotated Early Life Among the Indians (2016) documents the existence of Chief Namakagon's silver mine and offers many great 1800s Lake Superior tales. Treasure won 2nd place out of 10,000 worldwide entries in the 2013 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards. Brakken also received the 2013, 2014, and 2016 Lake Superior Writers Award and the coveted Wisconsin Writers Association Jade Ring for his collection, The Moose and Wilbur P. Dilby plus 36 Fairly True Tales from Up North (2015). Brakken earned statewide recognition for conservation as reflected in his Saving Our Lakes & Streams: 101 Practical Things You Can Do Today (2016). Brakken offers discounts of this book to conservation clubs and lake associations. Alias Ray Olson (2017) is a true-crime thriller that exposes the truth behind the June 1939 homicides in Sawyer County and Wisconsin's largest-ever manhunt. It's a close look at the perceived guilt of a man convicted in the press and hunted by hundreds. Brakken's INFAMOUS (2019) is another true-life, north woods crime novel from the 1930s. It chronicles John Henry Seadlund's rise to Public Enemy #1 in only 4 years. DARK: A Campfire Companion (2012) is an illustrated collection of 56 of the author's delightfully frightening short stories and poems. It's ideal for dark and stormy nights or for reading under the blankets by flashlight. 45 Fairly True Tales from the Old Corner Bar offers hilarious tales of life way back when. It's a must-read for anyone who's ever been up north. Brakken's fact-based novel, Thornapple Girl, (2020) chronicles the life of Myra Dietz, a young woman caught up in her father's 1910 struggle against lumber barons who denied him of his earnings. It is accompanied by the long overdue publishing of Myra's lost 1929 memoir. Of Brakken's writing, Publisher's Weekly Magazine and Amazon Books said, Difficult to put down. ... A great read, and the flow of words is like an old fashioned song. James Brakken illustrates most of his stories. All are intended for adults but great for younger readers as well. Find them at BadgerValley.com, where shipping to USA and APO addresses is free.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Badger Valley Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0997624949
• ISBN 13: 9780997624946
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 198
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