{"product_id":"westwords-dennis-west-9781434392244","title":"WestWords: Observations from the Desk of a Small-Town Newspaper Publisher","description":"WestWords is a collection of columns by Dennis West that have appeared in The Beacon, a newspaper that covers the Walworth County, Wisconsin, area. The essays, most of which are humorous, contain a great deal of information, trivia and (non-caloric) food for thought. Among the subjects treated in WestWords are: - Pogo, the Old English Sheep Dog who was in the running for world's dumbest canine - The author's mother, a frustrated nurse who painfully injected her children with penicillin the consistency of toothpaste every time they sneezed - A musical career that ended when the author took a shot at playing drum major instead of his sousaphone and couldn't keep 100 University of Illinois band members from marching through a hedge - A Roman used-chariot salesman who invented a truth serum - plus essays about language misuse, TV commercials, heavy-metal music and much more. Add a generous helping of trivia and you have a humorously entertaining, informative and thought-provoking collection by award-winning journalist Dennis West, publisher and editor of a wildly popular small-town newspaper called The Beacon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dennis West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1434392244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781434392244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Dennis West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458250354943,"sku":"9781434392244","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd5a9a1c-ed6d-495e-8332-f005257092eb.jpg?v=1777403264","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/westwords-dennis-west-9781434392244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}