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Gary Edward " Garrison " Keillor ( born August 7, 1942 ) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, and radio personality.

** Garrison Keillor, American writer and radio host

A Prairie Home Companion is a live radio variety show created and hosted by Garrison Keillor.

In 1989, Keillor returned to radio with The American Radio Company of the Air ( renamed Garrison Keillor's American Radio Company in its second season ), broadcast originally from the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Garrison Keillor and other cast members live on-stage in Lanesboro, Minnesota.

In addition to Garrison Keillor, several other performers frequently appear on A Prairie Home Companion:

* Garrison Keillor and the Hopeful Gospel Quartet ( 1992, Sony )

* Shaking The Blues Away, Rob Fisher and The Coffee Club Orchestra with Garrison Keillor ( 1992, Angel Records in association with EMI Records Ltd .)

* RTÉ's Garrison Keillor page with listen online facility

* BBC's Saturday comedy page with link to the most recent Garrison Keillor info

* A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at the Hollywood Bowl

* Radio's enduring appeal – BBC interview with Garrison Keillor

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He also appeared on radio with Garrison Keillor in The American Radio Company of the Air.

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One of his last top hits, " Hello Love ", was sung by Garrison Keillor to open each broadcast of his Prairie Home Companion radio show.

The town and the beach are the topic of a poem by Garrison Keillor.

" The most recent play on this formula was a song by Garrison Keillor, sung on his radio show Prairie Home Companion on May 3, 2008, which went " Bangor Maine, Bangor Maine ; Take a boat or ride the train ; Take a slicker, it might rain ; In Bangor, Maine "

In 2007, Garrison Keillor broadcast A Prairie Home Companion from the Lanesboro softball field and featured stories and songs about rhubarb.

* Gary Edward " Garrison " Keillor, radio host of A Prairie Home Companion and author, was raised in Brooklyn Park and graduated from Anoka High School

** Watkins ' sign recognizing this is mentioned in Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon by Garrison Keillor.

In his 35th anniversary broadcast of his radio variety show, A Prairie Home Companion, which was performed live in Avon on July 4, 2009, Garrison Keillor referred to Avon as being " about as close to Lake Wobegon as you can get.

In his book In Search of Lake Wobegon, Garrison Keillor says that he used to live near New Munich with his family.

It claims to be " The Gateway to Lake Wobegon ", the fictional central Minnesota town created by Garrison Keillor.

It was he who turned the attention of William Lloyd Garrison ( 1805-1879 ) to the subject.

The picture book " The Dream Eater " by Christian Garrison tells the story of a young boy, Yukio, who meets a baku and brings it to his village.

Alworth, Mix, Hadl, Joiner, Coryell, Gillman, Garrison, Fouts, White, Winslow, Faison, Benirschke, Lincoln, Washington, Humphries, Ladd and Wilkerson are also members of the San Diego Hall of Champions, which is open to athletes from the San Diego area as well as those who played for San Diego-based professional and collegiate teams.

Among the commanding officers of the Argentine Garrison was Alfredo Astiz, a Captain in the Argentine Navy who, years later, was convicted of felonies committed during the Dirty War in Argentina.

Fullback Walt Garrison, who replaced the injured Hill, provided Thomas with excellent blocking and rushed for 507 yards and 3 touchdowns himself.

Dallas also had an outstanding trio of running backs, Walt Garrison, Duane Thomas, and Calvin Hill, who rushed for a combined total of 1, 690 yards and 14 touchdowns during the season.

As she led more individuals out of slavery, she was named " Moses " by abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, an allusion to the prophet in the Book of Exodus who led the Hebrews to freedom from Egypt.

This historicist view was first challenged by Daniel Garrison Brinton who argued that the " Toltecs " as described in the Aztec sources were merely one of several Nahuatl speaking citystates in the postclassic period, and not a particularly influential one at that.

The French agreed to transfer Xiang to the Shanghai Garrison Headquarters, under the command of General Xiong Shihui, who subjected Xiang to relentless torture and interrogation.

The Western study of Nagualism was initiated by noted archaeologist, linguist and ethnologist Daniel Garrison Brinton who published " Nagualism: A Study in Native-American Folklore and History " which chronicled historical interpretations of the word and those who practiced nagualism in Mexico in 1894.

On November 17, 1866, the fort was renamed Fort Harker in honor of General Charles Garrison Harker who had died on June 27, 1864, from wounds received in an abortive offensive action in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

The abolitionist movement reached a peak with the activities of William Lloyd Garrison, who was born in Newburyport and raised in its anti-slavery climate.

The Joint Base Garrison operates the installation on behalf of the warfighting units, families and extended military community who depend on JBLM for support.

Analysis and Integration Office_ Other partners who work closely with the Joint Base Garrison include the Civilian Personnel Advisory Center, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command and Joint Personal Property Shipping Office.

By late 1829 – 1830 " Garrison rejected colonization, publicly apologized for his error, and then, as was typical of him, he censured all who were committed to it.

Lundy and Garrison continued to work together on the paper in spite of their differing views, agreeing simply to sign their editorials to indicate who had written it.

The publisher quotes praise by Dennis Smith, and a reviewer who characterizes Perry's New Auburn as spiritually located " somewhere between Garrison Keillor idyllic, sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis's Main Street.

At Wimbledon, Graf lost in the semifinals to Zina Garrison, who with this victory broke Graf's string of 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals.

Sally, a larger-than-life character with outrageous clothes and a sizable red coiffure, helmed both comedic and dramatic storylines, with the help of ditzy receptionist Darla Einstein, and fashion designer Clarke Garrison, who fathered CJ Garrison, Sally's son.

Garrison members of the tribes who owned land in Galway and Mayo were protected by the advantageous surrender provisions that were signed on 22 July 1691.

Earling Carothers " Jim " Garrison ( November 20, 1921 – October 21, 1992 ) — who changed his first name to Jim in the early 1960s — was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, Louisiana from 1962 to 1973.

" Although one doctor did recommend that Garrison be discharged from service and collect 10 % permanent disability, Garrison opted instead to join the National Guard where his record was reviewed by the U. S. Army Surgeon General who “ found him to be physically qualified for federal recognition in the national army .”