A selection of short pieces that captures the American heartland in portraits of small towns and their colorful inhabitants

It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here: Tales of the Great Plains

Biographies & Memoirs

Welsch, Roger

Regional U.S.

Villard

A collection of tales from America's heartland includes modern-day folktales starring ordinary people drawn from life--Lunchbox, Slick, Uncle Vic, Worm, and others

It's Not the End of the Earth, But You Can See It From Here: Tales of the Great Plains

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Fawcett

"A remarkable collection. The book is engrossing, wonderful, and belongs to anyone who cares about our unwritten American history." JIM HARRISON When the Europeans invaded this continent, they took land and water, but ignored what may be the greatest riches of all: the dazzling wealth of Native American spiritual and psychological wisdom. Now, adopted Omaha tribesman Roger Welsch, a.k.a. Bull Buffalo Chief brings a new collection of stories about an imaginary midwestern tribe, the Turtle Creek Nehawkas, the way they are, the way they were. Bright with the flame of traditional Native American wisdom, TOUCHING THE FIRE will bring new warmth and awareness into the heart and life of all who read it.

Touching the Fire

Literature & Fiction

United States

Ballantine Books

It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here

Roger Welsch did what many Americans only dream of doing. While still in his professional prime, the folklorist and humorist quit a tenured professorship and headed toward the hinterland. Resettled in the open heart of Nebraska with his wife, Welsch proceeded to learn how to live. It’s Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here is, in his own words, "a celebration" of his "rural education." These twenty-eight tales of the Great Plains convey in familiar Welschian style "the importance, charm, beauty, and value of the typical." They describe the wisdom that Welsch’s new-found teachers share with him. From everyday country people, he learns the fine arts of relaxing, using his noggin, trusting his instincts, and laughing a lot more, while Omaha Indian friends teach him the most profound lessons of all.

It's Not the End of the Earth, But You Can See it from Here

Random House Value Publishing

Roger Welsch's humorous take on his hahahaha Golden Years, a subject in which he now considers himself an expert. Portions of this book have been shared with friends facing medical problems and have each and every one found the humor encouraging and heartening. Anyone who is thinking about getting older will profit from a reading of this book. . .and of course anyone who is pretty much giving up might find something here that would change his mind. You can get old and complain, or get old and laugh; the choice is yours, and this volume gives you that choice.

Golden Years My Ass: Adventures in Geriatric Indignity

Lulu Press, Inc.

"A remarkable collection. The book is engrossing, wonderful, and belongs to anyone who cares about our unwritten American history." JIM HARRISON When the Europeans invaded this continent, they took land and water, but ignored what may be the greatest riches of all: the dazzling wealth of Native American spiritual and psychological wisdom. Now, adopted Omaha tribesman Roger Welsch, a.k.a. Bull Buffalo Chief brings a new collection of stories about an imaginary midwestern tribe, the Turtle Creek Nehawkas, the way they are, the way they were. Bright with the flame of traditional Native American wisdom, TOUCHING THE FIRE will bring new warmth and awareness into the heart and life of all who read it. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales

Uncle Smoke, a revered storyteller of the fictional Nehawka tribe, shares four stories about the legendary trickster, Coyote.

Uncle Smoke Stories

Children's Books

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them: How to Keep Your Tractors Happy and Your Family Running

Everything I Know about Women I Learned from My Tractor

Best-selling author and humorist Roger Welsch digs deep into his downhome experiences to deliver a comic and witty take on love, sex, romance, and marriage in this collection of three popular tractor books. Be one of the first to take advantage of this impressive hardcover volume. The package includes Love, Sex, and Tractors, Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles, plus Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them. New material has been added, updating key chapters of the original books. Love, Sex, and Tractors (ISBN 0-7603-0868-3) is guaranteed to transform even the the most thickheaded gearhead into a swooning Romeo. Busted Tractors and Rusty Knuckles (ISBN 0-7603-0301-0) recalls the humorousmissteps and mishaps encountered during the restoration of Roger's beloved AllisChalmers tractor, lovingly referred to as "Woodpecker." Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them (ISBN 0-7603-0129-8) is filled with light-hearted tips for saving your marriage from ruin while cleaning your tractor parts in the dishwasher, and other clever restoration techniques.

Tractor Trilogy: Busted Tractors, Old Knuckles, Sex, Norwegian Torque Wrench Techniques

Motorbooks Intl

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