{"product_id":"visiting-tom-paperback","title":"Visiting Tom - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Perry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Somewhere between Garrison Keillor's idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSt. Paul Pioneer Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perry can take comfort in the power of his writing, his ability to pull readers from all corners onto his Wisconsin spread, and make them feel right at home.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/em\u003e meets Bill Bryson in \u003cem\u003eVisiting Tom\u003c\/em\u003e, another witty, poignant, and stylish paean to living in New Auburn, Wisconsin, from Michael Perry. The author of \u003cem\u003ePopulation: 485\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCoop\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTruck: A Love Story\u003c\/em\u003e, Perry takes us along on his uplifting visits with his octogenarian neighbor one valley over--and celebrates the wisdom, heart, and sass of a vanishing generation that embodies the indomitable spirit of small-town America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Coop and Population: 485 comes a portrait of a unique individual and a dedicated way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can we learn about life, love, and artillery from an eighty-two-year-old man whose favorite hobby is firing his homemade cannons? Visit by visit--often with his young daughters in tow--author Michael Perry finds out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToiling in his shop, Tom Hartwig makes gag shovel handles, parts for quarter-million-dollar farm equipment, and--now and then--batches of potentially \"extralegal\" explosives. Tom, who is approaching his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Arlene, and is famous for driving a team of oxen in local parades, has stories dating back to the days of his prize Model A and an antiauthoritarian streak refreshed daily by the interstate that was shoved through his front yard in 1965 and now dumps more than eight million vehicles past his kitchen window every year. And yet \u003cem\u003eVisiting Tom\u003c\/em\u003e is dominated by the elderly man's equanimity and ultimately--when he and Perry converse as husbands and the fathers of daughters--unvarnished tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"PERRY'S the real thing.\" --USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of Coop and Population: 485 comes a portrait of a unique individual and a dedicated way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat can we learn about life, love, and artillery from an eighty-two-year-old man whose favorite hobby is firing his homemade cannons? Visit by visit--often with his young daughters in tow--author Michael Perry finds out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToiling in his shop, Tom Hartwig makes gag shovel handles, parts for quarter-million-dollar farm equipment, and--now and then--batches of potentially \"extralegal\" explosives. Tom, who is approaching his sixtieth wedding anniversary with his wife, Arlene, and is famous for driving a team of oxen in local parades, has stories dating back to the days of his prize Model A and an antiauthoritarian streak refreshed daily by the interstate that was shoved through his front yard in 1965 and now dumps more than eight million vehicles past his kitchen window every year. And yet \u003cem\u003eVisiting Tom\u003c\/em\u003e is dominated by the elderly man's equanimity and ultimately--when he and Perry converse as husbands and the fathers of daughters--unvarnished tenderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"PERRY'S the real thing.\" --USA Today\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44720935567462,"sku":"9780061894466","price":22.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/FsAKu2rlRT9780061894466.webp?v=1771030245","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/visiting-tom-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}