Scouts & Scalawags Growing Up in the City of Saints

Dennis Ganahl is a humorist that writes historical fiction about growing up in the Midwest. Ganahl draws upon the thousands of interesting people he's met as a student, factory worker, truck driver, newspaper publisher and university professor to populate his colorful, heart-warming stories. His unforgettable characters who are all named after saints are expected to live like saints in a town named St. Ann, where all of the streets are named after saints too.

Reading "Heroes & Hooligans Growing Up in the City of Saints" is like eating a bowl of mashed potatoes and gravy, it's comfort food. Ganahl writes about 1963, a time when neighbors actually knew each other and the kids played outside even on hot summer days. You'll get lost in your memories reading this book. His sequel book "Scouts & Scalawags Growing Up in the City of Saints" is due to be release in the fall of 2020.

You will laugh out loud when you read these books which are written with a wisp of Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) and Jean Shepherd (A Christmas Story). His "Growing Up in the City of Saints" series are books about best friends growing up in 1963 playing baseball, camping with the Scouts, outsmarting bullies, drive-in movies, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. These are timeless adventures.