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In Let s Forefoot da Sonovabitch Brian Nagel relates true stories from Crane Valley Saskatchewan not only sweeping skies huge horizons and heartbreak on stricken farms Saskatchewan was also a wonderful place for children to grow up with wholesome remarkable and hilarious friends Let s Forefoot da Sonovabitch a great title for any book but Brian Nagel s masterful collage of prairie stories walks off with all the honours It s a cross between W. Book let's forefoot da sonovabitch, true stories from southern saskatchewan book O Mitchell s Who Has Seen the Wind and Brent Butt s Corner Gas Here is uproarious humour transfused with the pains of youthful discovery It is funnier than Holden Caulfield rich with the foibles and furies of prairie life on the Canadian plains Ken Mitchell Poet Novelist Playwright Order of Canada and Saskatchewan Order of Merit Snaring wild horses while drunk playing Parallel Universe with his sister running away from home learning to chew snuff and the ritual of the Saturday night bath Brian Nagel captures the grit passion and humour of rural Saskatchewan as he draws us into the joys of family and a past that won t let go A born storyteller he opens our eyes to another time when a tough life was managed with wit and wisdom Neil McKinnon author of Tuckahoe Slidebottle Finalist for Stephen Leacock Humour Award Let s Forefoot da Sonovabitch True Stories from Southern SaskatchewanLaugh out loud moments from a time that was not that long ago and yet so many changes have happened since then Nagel writes about the family farm in Saskatchewan during the 1950 s and 60 s with humour and poignancy touching on topics ranging from the role of the Catholic Church to how electrification changed the family farm and in particular it s impact upon women with the availability of labour saving devices Other chapters detailed the making of homebrew sausage doing chores and the importance of having eleven pounds of butter in order to have Christmas My favourite chapters were Let s Forefoot em about the attempt of two drunken Vikings to snare a wild horse and Muffy and Bucko which tells a true story of a sleepover scary stories and a nighttime visit from the family goat English