Originally published 1996. A 1997 Minnesota Book Awards Finalist. Enhanced, second edition published 2022. The stories in One Last Dance With Lawrence Welk & Other Stories give us a glimpse of a surreal world inhabited by off-beat yet heart-warming characters. It is a world where anything can happen. A young boy from Minnesota brings two ghosts together through music, a wealthy gadabout recalls the night of his death, an ancient miracle man travels the country roads of Florida in search of customers for his Blue Elixir of The Nile.
River Boat Books is a publisher of great literature and was founded in 1996 in St. Paul, MN on the banks of the Mississippi River. We chose the name to honor the indomitable, adventurous spirit of Mark Twain, whose presence lingers not only up and down the Mississippi, but across the landscape of American literature. Our titles reflect both the elegance of a bygone era and an unrelenting passionate commitment to breaking all boundaries and exploring new territory.