Homespun humor about the way we live, from the pleasant futility of salmon fishing and the joys of Halloween, to quiet afternoons with soap opera families and endless nights in pursuit of trivia

As Far As You Can Go Without A Passport: Views From The End Of The Road

Humor & Entertainment

Bodett, Tom

Humor

Da Capo Press

Homespun humor about the way we live, from the pleasant futility of salmon fishing and the joys of Halloween, to quiet afternoons with soap opera families and endless nights in pursuit of trivia Tom Bodett, humorist, radio star, and pitchman for Motel 6, lives and writes in Homer, Alaska, the little town in the blue Northwest where America stops, carwise. "If you got into your car in New York," he says, "and wanted to take a nice long drive, I mean the longest drive you could without turning around or running into a foreign language, this is where you'd wind up." It's a place of moose and salmon and spectacular sunsets, but, Bodett insists, it's also small-town America, a place not all that different from the Michigan town of his youth. That's why he's made it his home: it perfectly suits his contrary appetites for the extreme and the everyday, for the rigors of the outdoor life and the mundane joys of the family circle. As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport, Bodett's first collection of casual essays, contains pieces on everything from trapping, tree cutting, and halibut fishing, to soap operas, lost socks, and sleeping in. It's guaranteed to please both the renegade and the homebody in every reader.

As Far As You Can Go Without A Passport: The View From The End Of The Road

Da Capo

Gathers humorous essays about bad moods, machinery, firewood, home maintenance, winter driving, furniture, computers, eyeglasses, parenthood, dancing, pets and waiting

Small Comforts: More Comments And Comic Pieces

Tom Bodett, Alaska's main comic export, is that rarest of commodities, an original new talent in American humor. His commentaries on All Things Considered” and his radio spots for Motel 6 have delighted millions, but he's never been funnier than in this, his second collection of casual essays. Here are further musings ont he everyday joys and embarrassments of being a husband, father, citizen, and breadwinner by the author of As Far As You Can Go Without a Passport. Fans will be comforted by the familiarity of this return visit to Bodett country. Those new to his work will discover one of the freshest, friendliest voices among writers of humor today.

"Bodett, the genial voice in those Motel 6 commercials, offers a page-turner set in the wilds of Alaska, and he clearly knows the taste of sea and storm, the face of the landscape, and the sound of the loons and the scent of salmon. In this sentimental but rousing tale, September Crane, 13, and her 12-year-old brother, Ivan, are often left to themselves while their father fishes for their living. . . . Bodett interweaves the story of the williwaw, a wild storm that took their mother's life and family boat, with a spiraling series of bad choices. . . . Along the way, we learn about boat safety, respect for the sea, and self-sufficiency in a desolate but splendid place. . . . The weather's majesty and power are convincing, and the sister and brother are appealing characters . . . [with] very recognizable adolescent longings." --Booklist

Williwaw!

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Yearling

The popular radio commentator takes readers back to his small hometown in Alaska, describing junkyard tycoon Argus Winslow and his longtime love Ruby McClay, radical vegetarian Tamara Dupree, holistic healer Tony Tobias, and others. Reprint.

The Big Garage on Clear Shot

Avon/Books

Bodett captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. 2 cassettes.

End of the Road

Bantam]

Well-known radio personality Bodett records his unique and warmly humorous view of life. 2 cassettes.

As Far as You Can Go Without a Passport

Random House Audio |

Bodett champions ordinary folk and their quiet lives: unruly housepets, fatherhood, and the Miss America contest. 2 cassettes.

Small Comforts

Bodett captures the essence of life in America--especially Homer, Alaska, where the keys are left in the snowplow in case someone gets stuck after hours. 2 cassettes.

The End of the Road

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Books by Bodett, Tom

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As Far As You Can Go Without A Passport: Views From The End Of The Road

As Far As You Can Go Without A Passport: The View From The End Of The Road

Small Comforts: More Comments And Comic Pieces

Small Comforts: More Comments And Comic Pieces

Williwaw!

The Big Garage on Clear Shot

End of the Road

As Far as You Can Go Without a Passport

Small Comforts

The End of the Road