Smokey The Talking Dog

By Jim Nolan

SHAG CARPETING, TALKING DOGS, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived. These stories, most of which first aired on WBFO Public Radio in Buffalo, relate how his love for his hometown and family was able to overcome the obstacles they set in his way, specifically, his father’s scrambled eggs and offer to reveal “the secret of math.” Warm-hearted and hilarious, Smokey captures a city and era full of eccentricities, hidden dangers and the best local food east of Kansas City.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jim Nolan
• Release date: Jun 12, 2011
• ISBN: 9781935670742

Jim Nolan

JIM NOLAN grew up in Buffalo, New York, where 20 of his Listener Commentaries have aired on WBFO 88.7 Public Radio. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Maisonneuve, and Family Fun.Jim lives downstate with his wife and two sons. To read or hear more, go to jimnolansblog.com or youtube.com/jimnolan3.

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SMOKEY

THE TALKING DOG

and other tales from the land of loganberry

by

Jim Nolan

Smokey the Talking Dog and other tales from the land of loganberry

Special Smashwords Edition

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Cover Art: Copyright © 1939 by Charlene Smith

Dedication image by Charlene Smith

Niagara River Death Cruise image by James Nolan

Ghosts of Halloweens Past image by James Nolan

The Buffalo Central High Class of 1912 image by Pohle

1970s Teenage Human Shield image by Christa Nolan

Forged in Buffalo image by Matt Georger

Night of the Grizzly image by Jim Nolan

Family photo by Isabel Curry Nolan

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ISBN: 978–1–935670–74–2 (eBook)

ISBN: 978–1–935670–75–9 (paperback)

Version 2011.06.10

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SHAG CARPETING, TALKING DOGS, grizzly bears and Emilio Pucci commercials. Jim Nolan has encountered them all and survived. These stories, most of which first aired on WBFO Public Radio in