A Literary Weapon of Mass Destruction

This is a personal memoir by one of the country's leading humorists. From high school graduation to Gray Panther, Joel Vance carries us along with adventures in journalism, the National Guard, life, love, golf, basketball and sex. Often laugh-out-loud funny, it also is moving and tackles the grim realities of racial prejudice, presidential assassination and the perils of smoking. There's a segment on dog breeding that, if you don't laugh until you cry, you might be dead. This is a page-turner that keeps you guessing as to what subject Vance's agile mind will skewer next (ever heard of corkball?). Join Vance for a stop at a Klan rally in Alabama or sit with him and fire artillery rounds at white-tailed deer in Minnesota.