Bert and I: and Other Stories from Down East, 2nd Edition

Marshall Dodge and Bob Bryan began swapping funny Down East stories when they were students at Yale in the 1950s. Their fascination and appreciation for Maine and its people triggered the production of several "Bert and I" records, from which 14 stories were selected for the first edition of this book. Now, eleven more have been added for this expanded second edition. Dodge and Bryan were groundbreaking in their appreciation of the oral tradition and paved the way for contemporary storytelling icons like Garrison Keillor, Tim Sample, and Tom Bodett.

Author: Marshall Dodge, Robert Bryan
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 01/30/2015
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 7.10w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781608934003
ISBN10: 1608934004
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Storytelling
- Humor | Form | Anecdotes & Quotations
- Performing Arts | Monologues & Scenes

About the Author
Marshall Dodge lectured and performed throughout the country and appeared in several PBS productions, including A Fresh Breeze Down East and In the Kitchen. Dodge started the Maine Festival of the Arts in 1976, and in 1982 he was killed in a hit-and-run car accident. An Episcopal minister and bush pilot, Robert Bryan founded the Quebec-Labrador Foundation, which for going on fifty years has conducted programs in education, community service, and environmental resource management in northern Maine and eastern Canada. Bryan lives in Quebec and Ipswich, Massachusetts, and is currently at work on a memoir, Turn With the Sun, about his work as a minister and his more than 12,000 hours as a bush pilot.