Large print book
The way I heard it
Edition
Large print edition.
Publication Information
[Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Physical Description
391 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Emmy-award winning gadfly Mike Rowe presents a collection of his favorite episodes from the short-form podcast, The Way I Heard It, along with a host of memories, ruminations, illustrations, and insights. It's a collection of mysteries. A mosaic. A memoir. Mike Rowe's The Way I Heard It collects thirty-five stories "for the curious mind with a short attention span." Five-minute mysteries about people you know, filled with facts that you didn't. Movie stars, presidents, Nazis, and bloody do-gooders--they're all here, waiting to shake your hand, hoping you'll remember them. Delivered with Mike's signature blend of charm, wit, and ingenuity, their stories are part of a larger mosaic--a memoir crammed with recollections, insights, and intimate, behind-the-scenes moments drawn from Mike's own life and career."--
Contents
- This isn't funny
- A hero under the influence
- On the importance of better driving
- No polite way to put it
- A patient man
- Another tortured artist
- Size matters
- Can you be there by nine?
- A full-figured gal
- The orphan hero
- Something is missing
- Words, words, words
- Call it what you will
- Not your typical homemaker
- The biscuit bomb
- The men behind bars
- The cherry pie is to die for
- A manly man, a gold medal, and a really big sea
- A tale of two pupils
- Oh, brother!
- The American rock star
- The 25-million-dollar kiss
- How the game was played
- The mystery of the vanishing woman
- His last letter home
- One hell of a toll
- Breaking the silence
- Keep your voice down!
- The biggest name in town
- Charlie's big break
- The greaseman cometh
- A little town up north
- Something unforgettable and real
- The star of the show.