{"product_id":"westwords-observations-from-the-desk-of-a-small-town-newspaper-publisher-9781434392244","title":"WestWords: Observations from the Desk of a Small-Town Newspaper Publisher","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Dennis West\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWestWords 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Authorhouse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47586387198103,"sku":"9781434392244","price":1450.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781434392244.webp?v=1774963936","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/westwords-observations-from-the-desk-of-a-small-town-newspaper-publisher-9781434392244","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}