Pioneer, Go Home!, Richard Powell
Pioneer, Go Home!, Richard Powell
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Pioneer, Go Home!

Author: Richard Powell

Narrator: Fleet Cooper

Unabridged: 8 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lantern Audio

Published: 11/07/2022

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Satire


Synopsis

Pioneer, Go Home! is a warm and witty tale of the little man versus "Big Gummint." Powell relates the adventures of the Kwimpers—a motley clan of New Jersey Pineys who break down on the side of a southern highway project and decide to claim squatter's rights. Call them "hicks" or "bumpkins" if you like, but these Kwimpers are considerably more resourceful than most folks give them credit for—and ten times as stubborn! When the government orders them to vacate, Pop Kwimper gets his dander up and the die is cast. Hilarity ensues as the family defends its homestead against an onslaught of conniving bureaucrats, Mother Nature, and the mob. You can't help but cheer for the heroic Kwimpers as they thumb their noses at the authorities, struggle to get a business going, stand up to gun-happy gamblers, and tangle with a foxy social worker over custody of twins Eddy and Teddy. Meantime, young Toby Kwimper and the family's endlessly resourceful "babysitter," Holly Jones, find the time to fall in love—though it takes Toby some time to realize that Holly is "real growed up." Fish and fishing are recurring themes in many of Richard Powell's novels, and there's plenty of both to go around in Pioneer, Go Home!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marica on February 20, 2018

Finalmente un libro leggero e divertente. La famiglia Kwimper in realtà torna da una vacanza nel sud degli Stati Uniti, ma sbaglia strada, finisce la benzina e i viveri e quindi si organizza. I motivi di comicità del libro sono vari: i comportamenti dei Kwimper sono sempre un po’ traslati rispetto a......more

Goodreads review by Aprile on November 08, 2017

Lettura rigenerante, rilassante, positiva, che rivede – con leggerezza solo apparente - l’ordine delle priorità dell’uomo. In un’America ove tutto è stato diligentemente catalogato, regolato da leggi, burocratizzato, omologato, non v’è più spazio per l’individualismo, per la libera iniziativa, per i......more

Goodreads review by Serena.. Sery-ously? on March 03, 2016

Grazie Richard Powell per questa chicca! Grazie anche a te, Einaudi, per aver ripubblicato quest'opera e aver saputo dare valore a ciò che davvero merita! Come non ringraziare sentitamente anche te, inizio del 2016.. Ora capisco che tutte le sòle che mi hai ammollato erano un pretesto per prepararmi a......more

Goodreads review by Carolyn on March 25, 2009

I saw this book at the public library and picked it up to scan it. My boyfriend that I was crazy for choosing that one but I thought it had quite an exciting cover. I think the book is an original because it looks like it was printed in the 50's. I checked it out and read it in two days. Its one of......more

Goodreads review by Rob on November 23, 2013

Part of my Florida collection - Can't ask for more from a book than a great story, great writing and a consistent tone, in this case, of humor. This is very different than other Richard Powell writings I've read before. His knack for humor will have me hunting for anything else he did in the same ge......more