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Book Review of Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time

Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time
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After years away from the tiny Wisconsin farm town of New Auburn, the author, Michael Perry, returns to take up residence once again in the town where he grew up. Figuring that the best way to regain credibility with his neighbors is to become active in his new environment he joins the volunteer fire department. Thus begins an autobiographical account that reads like a novel. [From the rear cover]: Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, he tells a frequently comic tale leavened with moments of heartbreaking delicacy and searing tragedy.