{"product_id":"9781483514062","title":"The Complete Poems, Rants, \u0026 Lyrics of Tom Harker, \"Ukulele Man\": Illustrations by M.H. Israel","description":"The complete, creative works of a lifetime: 87 Lyrics and 47 Poems. This is Singer\/Songwriter\/ Poet Tom Harker’s “magnum opus,” seasoned generously with the magnificent art of M.H. Israel. You’ll find wisdom, wit, fun and foolishness, love, despair, hope, anger, kindness, and satire in his work - and every lyric has a video link.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhenton Thomas “Ukulele Man” Harker bought a used, pawn shop ukulele at the age of fourteen. You can decide, at this late date, whether or not he has learned how to play it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlong the way he taught junior and senior high school for thirty-one years, served as the local teachers’ union president for fifteen years, led a band - “Ukulele Man \u0026amp; his Prodigal Sons” for ten years, wrote a lot of songs and poems and rants, made two CD’s (available digitally) - \"SumoNinjaLele\" and \"Crazy Old World\" - and compiled an ebook, “Ukulele Man’s Song Book,” containing thirty of his songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe lives in Circleville, Ohio - not far from Booger Hospital\u003cp\u003eMartin Harvey Israel has at various times taught math, taught programming, sold insurance, sold stocks, sold antiques, and leapt tall buildings in a single bound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis Fortress of Solitude is in Flushing, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BookBaby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126541304048,"sku":"9781483514062","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781483514062_p0.jpg?v=1763628385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781483514062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}