Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America YA_Gift_Guide renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces

renowned pianist Jeremy Denk traces an implausible journey

using primary sources

a story of liberation—from generational trauma

Wave upon wave of smallpox and other diseases

Homegrown Democrat: A Few Plain Thoughts from the Heart of America YA_Gift_Guide renowned pianist Jeremy Denk tracesIn this thoughtful, deeply personal work, one of the nation's best loved voices takes the plunge into politics and comes up with a book that has had all of America talking. Here, with great heart, supple wit, and a dash of anger, Garrison Keillor describes the simple democratic values the Golden Rule, the obligation to defend the weak against the powerful, and others that define his hard working Midwestern neighbors and that today's Republicans seem