From the Top

We're in the process of updating our website! Learn more about what that means and how you can help create history..

Brief Transmissions from Tent Show Radio

Michael Perry

A collection of essays from a bestselling author that reveal much about the nuances of everyday life and the intricacies of the human condition—including the humorous and the heartfelt.

160 pages, 5.5 x 8.25
Paperback: $15.95 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-680-1
Ebook: $12.99 | ISBN: 978-0-87020-681-8
Publication Date: 11/15/2013

BUY

-

From the Top by Micheal Perry book cover

Description

From Scandihoovian Spanglish to snickering chickens, New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry navigates a wide range of topics in this collection of brief essays drawn from his weekly appearances on the nationally syndicated Tent Show Radio program. Fatherhood, dumpster therapy, dangerous wedding rings, Christmas trees, used cars, why you should have bacon in your stock portfolio, loggers in clogs—whatever the subject, Perry has a rare ability to touch both the funny bone and the heart.

Drawn from his monologues as host of Tent Show Radio, Perry expands on the fascinating array performers, performances, and spectators at the renowned Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua in northern Wisconsin. As Perry explains, “One of the great freedoms of the Tent Show Radio format is that I am allowed to ramble on about whatever comes to mind: oddly shod loggers, my last cup of coffee, love and lost fingers, useful cheaters, gratitude, and guys who get gozzled. Also, timeless infinity. And Victoria’s Secret. In the same essay.”

Author Bio

Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, corporate speaker, volunteer firefighter/first responder, and amateur snowplow driver. A lifelong resident of the rural Midwest, his “reflective roughneck” takes on life in Middle America have left hundreds of thousands of readers and live audiences laughing, nodding, and sometimes misty. He is the author of over 25 books, including Population 485, Forty Acres Deep, and Improbable Mentors & Happy Tangents. He has also published three collections with the Wisconsin Historical Society Press: From the Top, Roughneck Grace, and Danger, Man Working. Perry lives in rural Wisconsin.