St. Paul writer tells tales of running a Welsh pub
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Daniel Gabriel has worked in many places around the world. His year spent running a Welsh pub is the inspiration for his new book, "Tales from the Tinker's Dam."
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Ask St. Paul writer Daniel Gabriel where he got the inspiration for his collection of stories about a pub in Wales, and he'll tell you he lived the life.
His book, "Tales from the Tinker's Dam," is fiction, but it's based on experiences he and his wife had a couple of decades ago.
Gabriel told Minnesota Public Radio's Euan Kerr he became a pub manager through a strange set of coincidences -- and the radio.
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