Tom Bodett, humorist, radio star, and pitchman for Motel 6, lives and writes in Homer, Alaska, the little town in the blue Northwest where America stops, carwise. "If you got into your car in New York, " he said, "and wanted to take a nice long drive, I mean the longest drive you could without turni[...]
Tom Bodett, Alaska's main comic export, is that rarest of commodities, an original new talent in American humor. His commentaries on "All Things Considered" and his radio spots for Motel 6 have delighted millions, but he's never been funnier than in this, his second collection of casual essays. Here[...]
"Bodett, the genial voice in those Motel 6 commercials, offers a page-turner set in the wilds of Alaska, and he clearly knows the taste of sea and storm, the face of the landscape, and the sound of the loons and the scent of salmon. In this sentimental but rousing tale, September Crane, 13, and her [...]