Armadillo Recon Unit and Other Tall Tales

by Bil Lepp

Overview

"Lepp is a side?splittingly funny man."
--The Smithsonian Center for Folk Life


"The audience could barely stop laughing long enough to catch the next twist in the tale."
--Andrew Milman, (Milwaukee) Journal Sentinel


"Bil Lepp, a young teller from Half Dollar [sic], W.Va., had the stage presence of a stand?up comedian. He told a hilarious forty?minute monologue about growing up and getting into trouble with his best friend. Lepp's stories begin appearing biographical, but continue becoming more outrageous until they're hysterically unbelievable."
--Sean Rogers, The (Athens, OH) Post


Lepp is a well known liar . . . [his stories] will make you laugh."
--Jill Jordan Sieder, U.S. News and World Report


"Lepp's tales will tickle the funny-bone . . . the humor is sophisticated . . . the laugh out?loud stories are lively. . . ."
--School Library Journal

"Bil is a clever, versatile, magnificent, and charming writer."
--Flora Joy, Storytelling World Magazine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940016164526
Publisher:	Quarrier Press
Publication date:	12/31/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	157
File size:	417 KB

About the Author

A Featured Teller at the National Storytelling Festival and the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Lepp has been telling original, fantastical stories written by himself and his brother for fifteen years. A regular at the West Virginia Liars Contest since 1990, he’s been named Biggest Liar five times. The fact that he is also an ordained Methodist Minister lends him a unique perspective, sometimes knocking your socks off with his interpretation of the Good Book. Many of the tales take place in the great outdoors of the West Virginia hills. Some are about hunting with his superdog Buck; some are about fishing, especially cat-fish grabblin’ and stinky catfish bait; but almost all of them are about getting out of scrapes using good old Mountaineer ingenuity. His popularity has made Bil a featured storyteller at festivals all over the country.
Bil’s funny fibs and down-home delivery will bring a smile to the face of even the most ill-humored among us. Following Bil from childhood to adulthood, his stories’ feature wacky adventures with woodpeckers, summer camp, armadillo hunting and his in-laws. Lepp is the author of three books of stories, two audio collections, and has had stories published in several national magazines.
Duke Divinity Magazine called Bil’s stories, "Awe-inspiring cathedrals of flapdoddle and bull." The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote, “The audience could barely stop laughing long enough to catch the next twist in the tale.”

Editorial Reviews

Imagine a cheerful campfire crackling on a cool fall evening. Your stomach is full from the day's catch. You smile contentedly as you gaze at friends gathered in the warm light. Suddenly, belly-laughs erupt around the circle - someone is telling a tall tale.


A nice thought, but if you can't have the real thing, you may want to read Bil Lepp's "Inept: Impaired: Overwhelmed - Tall Tales from West Virginia and Beyond" (Quarrier Press, $9.95 paperback). Lepp is a five-time winner of th

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