Lake of the Ozarks
My Surreal Summers in a Vanishing America
Recommended by Claire Mccaskill, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #28 in Customs
Beloved TV host Bill Geist pens a reflective memoir of his incredible summers spent in the heart of America in this New York Times bestseller.
Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that author Bill Geist spent summers in the Sixties during his school and college years working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort owned by his bombastic uncle -- in all... more
Before there was "tourism" and souvenir ashtrays became "kitsch," the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that author Bill Geist spent summers in the Sixties during his school and college years working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort owned by his bombastic uncle -- in all... more
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Claire Mccaskill Up early, reading great book about Lake of Ozarks AT the Lake of the Ozarks. @billgeistone @WillieGeist Happy Fourth everyone! ( Bill, the corner of the book is pointing directly at the old Arrowhead location) https://t.co/vVQV2UhyP2 (Source)
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