title: Seventy-Seven Columns: A collection of musings from the pages of North Shore Weekend
author: Mike Lubow
description: Collected short pieces comment on...modern life, and other matters. Each is deliberately short to match todays brief attention spans...Lightly ironic nostalgia characterizes many ...the author makes intriguing associations, as with a Bruce Springsteen quote that launches a discussion of creativity. (And) in Siren song, he writes about the arrival of urban coyotes...which he takes as a sign that the wild west isnt always west, but its always wild. Readers can enjoy Lubows hat tips to local sights and characters. Sometimes amusing, sometimes uneven, this book should appeal to Chicago readers. --Kirkus Reviews
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  # Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Leavensport, Ohio](ch2.html#anchor_47_0)
  
  
  [Blueberry Cobbler Blackmail](ch3.html#anchor_49_0)
  
  
  [Copyright](ch4.html#anchor_57_0)
  
  
  [Quote](ch5.html#anchor_76_0)
  
  
  [Dedication](ch6.html#anchor_78_0)
  
  
  [Exciting News!](ch7.html#anchor_90_0)
  
  
  [The Leavensport Crew](ch8.html#anchor_94_0)
  
  
  [Chapter One](ch9.html#anchor_123_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](ch10.html#anchor_252_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](ch11.html#anchor_506_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](ch12.html#anchor_682_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](ch13.html#anchor_869_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](ch14.html#anchor_981_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](ch15.html#anchor_1121_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](ch16.html#anchor_1252_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](ch17.html#anchor_1349_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten](ch18.html#anchor_1390_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Eleven](ch19.html#anchor_1476_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Twelve](ch20.html#anchor_1512_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Thirteen](ch21.html#anchor_1611_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Fourteen](ch22.html#anchor_1657_0)
  
  
  [Chapter Fifteen](ch23