A Knack For Knowing Things Stories From St Paul Neighborhoods And Beyond Boxmeyer by Boxmeyer, Don (donald Harold), 1941- instant download after payment.

xii, 214 pages ; 23 cm, Brings together in book form, the best of the author's writing, Palatable pleasures and community gatherings (This guy thinks lutefisk is finger-lickin' good -- Italian renaissance for Little Italy -- Wheels roll at noon on Wednesday -- Down on the Flats -- Harriet Island beckons anew -- Remembering Rondo -- Iced whiskey and boiled cod -- Legends of Swede Hollow -- Men of distinction) -- Angels and charmers (\"Bobo\" Betts and the boys -- Joe loved the trip -- A life without limitations -- A traveler drops in at Avalanche -- Matt the boss: an exuberant congregant -- Iowa Blackie, king of the hobos -- Tony Crea: a character with character -- It was his vision, not his sight) -- Serving up goodwill (Surprises in store at Crazy Louie's -- A West Side Horatio Alger -- A crackerjack restaurant in a cracker box location -- Flowers for Elaine -- A laidback little old waterfront shanty -- Leaving \"the hustle\" behind -- St. Nick -- A real grocery store -- An airport in plane peril) -- Healing and serving (A palace full of children -- Windows into a hospital's past -- The Preventorium -- Volunteering among the vets -- A clinic's final hours) -- War veterans (Trip to Pearl Harbor -- Still living \"a day of infamy\" -- Bataan Death March survivor -- A WAVE yeoman -- Explosion in the South Pacific -- Margaret was a welder -- Last voyage of an LST -- Chosin Reservoir and Heartbreak Ridge -- Memorial Hall and one of its sons -- In the trenches for Korean vets) -- A knack for knowing things (The guardian angel of Lower St. Clair -- He could do anything -- Baking bread by the carload -- Ascending the Shoreview TV tower -- Making music in the park -- Breakfast with Betty -- Tending the lift bridge -- No one made better ice -- Facing the storms on Lake Superior) -- A small town on the prairie (Jake the Drake at Pelican Lake -- Ice house plows into a Plymouth -- A prairie home Halloween -- Everybody needs an Ashby -- The ritual of the hunt -- Here's to Buddy)