Homegrown Democrat, Garrison Keillor
Homegrown Democrat, Garrison Keillor
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Homegrown Democrat
A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America

Author: Garrison Keillor

Narrator: Garrison Keillor

Unabridged: 4 hr 30 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/09/2004

Synopsis

In this thoughtful, deeply personal work, one of the nation's best-loved voices takes the plunge into politics and comes up with a book that has had all of America talking. Here, with great heart, supple wit, and a dash of anger, Garrison Keillor describes the simple democratic values—the Golden Rule, the obligation to defend the weak against the powerful, and others—that define his hard-working Midwestern neighbors and that today's Republicans seem determined to subvert.

A reminiscence, a political tract, and a humorous meditation, Homegrown Democrat is an entertaining, refreshing addition to today's rancorous political debate.

About Garrison Keillor

As the host of A Prairie Home Companion for over forty years, Garrison Keillor has captivated millions of listeners with his weekly News from Lake Wobegon monologues. Keillor has been honored with Grammy, ACE, and George Foster Peabody awards, the National Humanities Medal, and election to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His many books include Lake Wobegon Days, The Book of Guys, Pilgrims: A Wobegon Romance, Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny, and The Keillor Reader. He is the host of the daily program The Writer's Almanac and the editor of several anthologies of poetry. A Prairie Home Companion is heard on hundreds of public radio stations, as well as America One, the Armed Forces Networks, Sirius Satellite Radio, and via a live audio webcast. When not touring, he resides in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy

Garrison Keillor, I love you. "The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, see-through fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians of convenience, freelance racists, hobby cops, misanthropic frat......more

Goodreads review by Petergiaquinta

Back in the late '70s when I was a lad, my father would listen to Prairie Home Companion every Saturday evening without fail. And every Saturday evening if I was around I would sneer at the show for its homey folksiness, its old-timey fiddle and gospel music, its cornball radio skits and of course i......more

Goodreads review by Christina

So, from now on, when people in the Bible Belt and Southern California ask me how I can possibly be a Democrat (capital 'D'), I will hand them a copy of this book. It does no good for me to tell them simply that I am a Democrat (capital "D') because I went to church and read the bible. When I quote......more

Goodreads review by Isis

Part memoir, part polemic, this book is Keillor's entertaining albeit somewhat rambling explanation for why his roots in small-town Minnesota shaped him into being a Democrat, and why being a Democrat is the only option for decent folks. Keillor has an engaging, story-telling style, and listening to......more

Goodreads review by Todd

Garrison Keillor does a nice job defending the ideals of liberalism and contrasting them with those of the Republican party. Although the book was written in 2004, it is just as relevant, if not more so, today than when it was written. Though not without flaws, core liberal ideals include the right......more

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