He Was a Midwestern Boy on His Own - Softcover

Greene, Bob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345376641 ISBN 13: 9780345376640

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1992

Synopsis

Bob Greene walks Main Street, USA. The astonishing people he meets, the places he goes, and the things he sees are the subjects of his popular syndicated column, collected here in a volume of the very best of Bob Greene.

Whether he's writing about the man who wrote the hit song "Louie Louie," the bizarre meeting between Richard Nixon and Elvis Presley, the inventor who changed baseball, or the father and son whose annual one-on-one basketball shoot-out is a symbol of their love and of time's passage, Bob Greene shares stories in which we see ourselves. Filled with great empathy and insight that will evoke tears of laughter and sadness, these pieces are vintage Bob Greene, to be enjoyed and savored time and again.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"Bob Greene is a virtuoso of the things that bring journalism alive: literary talent, hard reporting, a taste for mixing it up haunch-to-paunch, shank-to-flank, and elbow-to-rib with people of all sorts." Tom Wolfe

"The enthusiasm and freshness he brings to his writing are fully on display in this compilation of some of his best recent work."

The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Water covers two thirds of the earth and Bob Greene covers the rest." Playboy

About the Author:

Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He holds a master's degree from the University of Arizona and is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. For the past seventeen years he has worked with clients and consulted on the design and management of fitness, spa, and sports medicine programs. Bob has been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O the Oprah magazine, and writes articles on health and fitness for Oprah.com. Greene is the bestselling author of The Best Life Diet Cookbook, The Best Life Diet, Revised and Updated, The Best Life Diet, The Best Life Diet Daily Journal, The Total Body Makeover, Get With the Program!, The Get With the Program! Daily Journal, The Get With the Program! Guide to Good Eating, and Make the Connection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0345376641
• ISBN 13: 9780345376640
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 305