Perry, Michael

With a neighbors help, twelve-year-old Ford Falcon learns to survive in the harsh world outside the Bubble Cities by scavenging for items to use or trade--skills she needs when her parents unexpectedly go missing.

With a neighbors help, twelve-year-old Ford Falcon learns to survive in the harsh world outside the Bubble Cities by scavenging for items to use or trade--skills she needs when her parents unexpectedly go missing.

The author, a nearly forty emergency medical responder in a small Wisconsin town, chronicles humorous, hapless, and rewarding events from one year of his life, focusing on his repair of a 1951 International Harvester pickup truck and a hopeful new romance that followed several failed ones.

On the first day of summer vacation, Daniel and his older brother Hector take a ride in Hector's custom 1963 Impala low rider.

Presents a collection of essays that chronicles the author's first-hand experiences living, working, and growing up in the rural Midwest.

A portrait of country life through the eyes of Tom Hartwig, an eighty-two year-old man who lives in rural Wisconsin, drives a team of oxen in local parades, and likes to fire his homemade cannons.

Michael Perry chronicles the experiences he had after returning to his childhood hometown of New Auburn, Wisconsin, and joining the volunteer fire department.