Chewing the Fat

Frito Pies, Watermelon, and Ernest Hemingway


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...in which Rex and Paul discuss the Dairy Bar at Imboden and the Daisy Queen at Arkadelphia; the effectiveness of a banana split in bribing a youngster to "act good" at church; Frito Pies, which may have originated in Arkansas; watermelon harvests at Portia, Cave City, Hope, and others; homecoming picnics at Corning, Piggott, Rector, and other cities in Northwest Arkansas; Civil War parks and restored buildings in Northwest Arkansas; a bobwhite quail demonstration project; efforts to replant native grasses; and Paul's quasi-rational proposal that his hometown, Imboden, is the true inspiration for Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms."
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Chewing the FatBy Central Arkansas Library System

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