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----- All Islandport Titles -----   ----- Fiction ----- Billy Boy Contentment Cove Love on the Rocks Maine Speaks Mary Peters A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar Silas Crockett Stealing History Windswept Young   ----- Nonfiction ----- A Maine Summer Island: The Story of Bustins Black Fly Stew The Cows are Out! Country Stores of Vermont Down the Road a Piece Favorite Island Recipes A Fisherman's Guide to Maine Hauling By Hand Here for Generations A History of Little Cranberry Island, Maine In Maine Land of the Porcupine Lighthouses of Maine Live Free and Eat Pie Maine Lighthouses A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar My Life in the Maine Woods Nine Mile Bridge Not Too Awful Bad Our Daily Tread Saturday Beans and Sunday Suppers Shoutin' into the Fog Simple Gourmet Lamb The Place He Made The Story of Mount Desert Island Thirteen is a Lucky Number Those Damned Yankees Two Farms Vermont Curiosities The View from Mary's Farm Where Cool Waters Flow   ----- Children's Books ----- A is for Acadia At One in a Place Called Maine Blueberries for Sal Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man The Cat at Night Fishing for Numbers Hardscrabble Harvest L is for Lobster The Little Fisherman The Littlest Tugboat Miss Rumphius My Wonderful Christmas Tree The Scallop Christmas Time of Wonder Titus Tidewater When I'm With You   ----- CDs and DVDs ----- CD: Ain't He Some Funny CD: Bert and I ... And Other Stories CD: Bert and I ... On Stage CD: The Best of Bert and I DVD: Dahlov Ipcar: Maine Master DVD: A Downeast Smile-In DVD: Earliest Maine Films CD: Footprints in the Sand DVD: From Stump to Ship DVD: Joshua Chamberlain and the 20th Maine DVD: Maine's Television Time Machine CD: Old Maine Guide DVD: Vermont Memories I DVD: Vermont Memories II DVD: Vermont Memories III DVD: Woodsmen and River Drivers

 

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		Ain't He Some Funny! The Best of John McDonald by John McDonald $15.95 CD, Classic Downeast Humor ISBN: 1-934031-02-X   Alligator Shoes Sherm Ames wins a bet She won't come down Down the Road a Piece: A Storyteller's Guide to Maine and A Moose and a Lobster Walk Into a Bar: Tales from Maine

ABOUT THE BOOK
Culling from his years of Maine storytelling and from his two wildy popular books, A Moose and a Lobster Walk into a Bar and down the road a piece: A Storyteller's Guide to Maine, humorist John McDonald has selected and presented his best work for this hilarious CD.

McDonald delivers traditional Down East stories, including "Which Way to Bangor?" "She Won't Come Down," and "Set 'er Again," as well as his take on helping tourists, speaking the Maine language, mud season and much more. The 77-minute CD has 25 selections.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A weekend radio talk show host in Portland, a weekly newspaper columnist and the founder of the Maine Storytellers Festival, John McDonald performs at events throughout Maine and New England and has done so for decades, constantly perfecting his unique brand of Maine storytelling and humor in front of audiences large and small.

TRACKS
1. Introduction
2. Helping Tourists
3. Speaking the Language
4. Which Way to Bangor?
5. Old Buzzard Airlines
6. She Won't Come Down
7. Maine Wildlife
8. State's Biggest Liar
9. Effy
10. Will Carpenter, Pig Breeder
11. Uncle Earl's Housekeeper
12. Sherm Ames Wins a Bet
13. Alligator Shoes
14. Grandpa Gets Married
15. The Seatbelt Law
16. Set 'er Again
17. Sleeping a Little Late
18. Go South, Old Man
19. Long Term Commitment
20. Excuse Me, I've Got to Go
21. Mud Season
22. Dad's Old Outhouse
23. The Great Cherryfield Voting Scandal
24. Miracle Cure
25. Small Town Religion