Small town American (Argus, North Dakota) life starting in the aftermath of World War I with the arrival of German immigrant master butcher Fidelis Waldvogel and running through the Great Depression, the build up to War War II and coming to a close in the early 1950s, mainly told by Polish-American Argus-born Delphine Watzka.
Publisher’s page: The Master Butchers Singing Club – Louise Erdrich
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