In Literature
Keillor has written several semi-autobiographical books about life in Lake Wobegon, including:
- Lake Wobegon Days (1985)
- Leaving Home (1987)
- Wobegon Boy (1997)
- Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 (2001)
- Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon (2007)
- Liberty (September 2008)
- Pilgrims (2009)
- Life Among the Lutherans (September 2009)
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