Buffalo Gal A Memoir

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ISBN: 9781555916923 | 1555916929
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 9/1/2008

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This vibrant memoir about growing up in upstate New York during the 1970s shares the humorous ups and downs of the Pedersen family. Combining laugh-out-loud humor with a genuine slice of social history, New York Times writer Laura Pedersen paints a vivid portrait of an era.

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Preface	p. 1
God's Frozen People	p. 3
The First Event Leading Up to My Death	p. 13
American Buffalo ... The King of Cool and Demon Rum	p. 19
He'd Always Have Paris ... Trading Up ... Danish for Beginners	p. 27
Getting Up Your Irish ... Family Diversity ... Three's a Mob	p. 36
When Johnny Comes Typing Home ... Wedding-Bell Blues	p. 44
Onward Catholic Soldiers ... Everything's Good in the Hood ... The Sinusitis Capital	p. 50
Buffalo Runs Riot	p. 70
A Full House	p. 76
Egg Salad Days ... Bead of Paradise	p. 85
The Tundra Years	p. 97
Mary Tyler Moore for President ... Hit Parade ... The Americans with No Abilities Act	p. 105
Born in the UUA ... Keeping Kosher	p. 121
Water Hazard ... Is That Your Child?	p. 134
Will Joke for Food ... It's a Mad, Mad House ... How I Learned to Cook	p. 138
The Birth of an Entrepreneur ... From Socks to Stocks ... The Wizard of Odds	p. 151
Everyone Was Groovy ... Stardate 1965	p. 163
Sleet Happens: The Blizzard of '77	p. 170
Taking a Turn for the Nurse	p. 175
Bus Stop	p. 182
Enter, Stage Left ... O.B. (Order Big) ... A Decent Docent Doesn't Doze	p. 189
Down on the Farm ... Doing Time ... Beat It	p. 198
Real World 101	p. 214
Earl and Me ... The Sewing Circle Turns Square	p. 220
Will Work for AC ... Mom Turns Pro ... The Mosquito Coast	p. 226
Home at Sweet Home ... Class Clown ... Dressing Down	p. 237
Can't We All Get a Lawn? ... Pedersen v. Pedersen ... Telling It to the Judge ... The Play within the Play	p. 249
Disappearing Act ... The Walkway Less Traveled	p. 260
Are Red and Green Making You Blue?	p. 268
In All Probability	p. 271
Home Alone	p. 275
It Could Be Worse	p. 281
The (Sweet) Home Stretch ... Faking It	p. 286
When the Chips Are Down, the Buffalo's Empty	p. 298
Epilogue: The People's Republic of Buffalo	p. 302
About the Author	p. 307
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