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August 11, 2007
This week on A Prairie Home Companion, we present a special compilation show featuring books and the people who write them. The dog days of summer are here and we'll cool down with a little reading — contemporary or classic, domestic or foreign, we have 'em all: Frank McCourt, Bill Holm and Calvin Trillin read from their respective books. Plus, we'll pay homage to Kerouac and present a home-grown version of Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, The Snow Queen. The Minnesota Opera brings arias to the Dust Bowl in "The Grapes of Wrath." Tune in this Saturday for The Prairie Home Book Festival.
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| Segment 1 |
| 00:00:00 | Logo |
| 00:00:12 | Tishomingo |
| 00:00:57 | GK Open |
| 00:04:02 | Calvin Trillin reads from "Family Man" |
| 00:11:39 | GK Intro Melville |
| 00:12:13 | Melville script |
| 00:22:02 | GK Intro Battlefield Band/Ian Rankin |
| 00:22:33 | "Big Leon" - Battlefield Band |
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Segment 2
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| 00:25:59 | Ian Rankin reads excerpt |
| 00:28:40 | GK Intro Minnesota Opera |
| 00:29:04 | "Plenty Road" from "The Grapes of Wrath," Minnesota Opera |
| 00:31:12 | Powdermilk Biscuit Break |
| 00:32:31 | GK Intro Snow Queen |
| 00:32:49 | Snow Queen script |
| 00:59:01 | Intermission, "Everybody Loves My Baby" |
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| Segment 3 |
| 01:03:49 | GK Welcome Back, Intro Kerouac script |
| 01:04:14 | Kerouac script |
| 01:09:43 | GK Intro Bill Holm |
| 01:10:17 | Bill Holm reads excerpt |
| 01:14:37 | "National Song" - Frostbraeour Male Choir |
| 01:16:10 | GK Intro Frank McCourt, monologue |
| 01:17:25 | Frank McCourt reads from "Angela's Ashes" |
| 01:21:13 | "My Love, My God" - The Boys of the Lough |
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| Segment 4 |
| 01:23:29 | The News From Lake Wobegon |
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| Segment 5 |
| 01:47:47 | "I Wash My Face in the Morning Dew" - Iris Dement |
| 01:50:54 | Catchup (Harry Potter Envy) script |
| 01:54:22 | GK Credits |
| 01:55:45 | "John Henry (Writer)" - GK and Shoes (w/Brad Paisley) |
| 01:58:54 | Outro |
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Photos from the show
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| Brian Leerhuber is Tom Joad in the Minnesota Opera's performance of The Grapes of Wrath. |
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Garrison chats with Grant Gershon, the pit director, and various cast members of The Grapes of Wrath. |
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| GK with Ian Rankin |
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Setting up the Queen's Hall stage |
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| Bagpiper on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh |
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Audience members give show "thumbs up" |
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