{"product_id":"handbook-of-scandinavian-names-9780299248345","title":"Handbook of Scandinavian Names","description":"\u003cp\u003eB-Day, as it came to be known, finally arrived. It was a Friday. A school day. I identified with Cinderella as I watched Dad get ready for work. Holster, check. Gun, check. Billy club, check. Handcuffs, check. . . . Saturday morning I got up early. Dad was already gone. Back to work. Ushering the Beatles out of town. On the table . . . there were two small bars of soap, slightly used, the words \"Coach House Inn\" still legible. One book of matches with four missing. And a note from Dad, \"From their room.\" . . . No one else s dad comes home from work with something that might, just might, have been intimate with a Beatle.\u003cbr\u003eGrowing up, Mel Miskimen thought that a gun and handcuffs on the kitchen table were as normal as a gallon of milk and a loaf of Mrs. Karl s bread. Her father, a Milwaukee cop for almost forty years was part Super Hero (He simply held up his hand and three lanes of traffic came to a screeching halt) and part Supreme Being (He could be anywhere at anytime. I never knew when or where he would pop up.) Miskimen s memoir, told in humorous vignettes, tells what it was like for a girl growing up with a dad who packed a lunch and packed heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nancy L. Coleman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.07w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299248345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNancy L. Coleman taught English, German, and Norwegian at a high school in Hamar, Norway, and is editor and translator of the English-Norwegian\/Norwegian-English dictionary \u003ci\u003ePassword\u003c\/i\u003e. Olav Veka is president of the Norwegian Name Association (Norsk namnelag) and the author of many reference works and textbooks on Norwegian language, literature, and names. He contributed the entries on Norwegian and Danish surnames to the \u003ci\u003eOxford Dictionary of American Family Names\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43211351851123,"sku":"9.7803E+12","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_adcf76cc-8a0d-44b7-a4f8-f7ba8fbe1899.jpg?v=1753183356","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/handbook-of-scandinavian-names-9780299248345","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}