I can see how I could write a bold account of myself as a passionate man who rose from humble beginnings to cut a wide swath in the world, whose crimes along the way might be written off to extravagance and love and art, and could even almost believe some of it myself on certain days after the sun went down if I’d had a snort or two and was in Los Angeles and it was February and I was twenty-four, but I find a truer account in the Herald-Star, where it says: “Mr. Gary Keillor visited at the home of Al and Florence Crandall on Monday and after lunch returned to St. Paul, where he is currently employed in the radio show business… Lunch was fried chicken with gravy and creamed peas”. Garrison Keillor
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Gary Keillor, the host of the popular radio program “A Prairie Home Companion” visited Al and Florence Crandall at their home in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Crandalls invited Gary to have lunch with them at noon, but he was late returning home. As a result, he missed his 6 p.m.

radio show in Minnesota and his job in Hollywood. This quote shows how Gary Keillor could write an account of himself that is not necessarily truthful. However, in the end he stuck to his story that he had been at lunch with the Crandalls whilst in fact he had been out in Los Angeles visiting friends.

Source: Lake Wobegon Days

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