With these 33 short stories, author GC Rosenquist recalls what growing up in Lake County, Illinois in the 1970's was like; laugh out-loud, knee-slapping, hyperventilatingly funny! Learn the secret that makes Pester Anderson's chickens grow so big, get revenge on an evil ice cream man, explore the depths of Glimmer Pond in a leaky homemade diving helmet, fish with dad at 2am on a freezing Lake Michigan pier, see how high a pair of stilts can go, meet the Amazing Monkey Woman at the Lake County Fair, dare to eat mom's Gwunkies...these and an all new story, "Fast Ball", are just some of the hilarious and exciting stories GC Rosenquist has pulled from his childhood memories and immortalized in 33 Terrific Tales of Lake County, Illinois!