The Outhouse Papers
Wayne Erbsen
(Reviewed by The Editor - Rebecca Brown)
2003 Native Ground Music
ISBN: 1883206383 Amazon's price is: $9.95
The Outhouse Papers is for pure & simple amusement. A little book full of big belly laughs, trivia you never knew you wanted to know & musings from the poet's corner, water closet, lavatory, washroom, restroom, men's room, women's room, powder room, gentlemen's room, ladies' room, comfort station, bathroom, bath, privy, latrine, garderobe, head, amenity, necessarium, little boy's room, little girl's room, potty, W.C. (British), can, altar room, chamber of commerce, pot, john.
The Outhouse Papers is sheer light-hearted fun about such diverse concerns as Corn & Insults, Gold Rushes & Festivals, Love Lore & Chickens, Civil War Slang & Cowboy Cooking Lingo, Dogs & Famous People, Hobo Jokes & Farmers, Mark Twain Wit & Mule Eggs, Fingernail Lore & Fiddling Around, Inventions & Hunting Tales, General Stores & Headstone Humor, & much, much more!
There are pictures & photographs, & a meandering reminiscence of the author's first big dig!
A bit of earthy frivolity for when we're about our serious business. Every throne room should have a copy -- even those in our libraries!
Wayne Erbsen has been collecting rural American music, folklore & humor for as long as he can remember. As an author, recording artists & teacher, he has recorded 17 CDs & written 20 books with themes that include: Appalachia, Civil War, railroads, cowboys, pioneers, gospel, bluegrass & oldtime music. In his spare time he likes to play banjo, fiddle, guitar or mandolin on the front porch of his family's remote 1880 log cabin.
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