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insecure high school student named

Dale.

Skinny, unathletic, and fretful, Dale

is the son of a morally upright but perpetually

bankrupt pig farmer. He respects

his parents but dreads following

in their poverty-stricken footsteps. Dale

worries about other things, too: thunder

and lightning, going to hell, and

being tongue-tied at crucial moments.

He even fears his wedding day: What if

he can’t think of anything to say to his

future bride?

One day a Chautauqua speaker

comes to town. The Chautauqua movement,

born in 1873 and based in upstate

New York, sends gifted speakers

across the country to lecture on literature,

science, and religion. Rural Americans

prize these presenters for the

whiff of glamour they bring from the

outside world—and their power to

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