"Sold on Sarah" from the Coeur d'Alene Press:
COEUR d'ALENE - Karen White had one reason for being among the first in line Monday night to listen to Sarah Palin's father and brother pitch their book, "Our Sarah: Made in Alaska."
"Because I like Sarah Palin," the Coeur d'Alene woman said, holding two copies of the $24.99 hardback written by Chuck Heath Sr. and Chuck Heath Jr.
White bought one for herself and one for a friend, and had both autographed by Sarah's dad and brother.
"They're down-to-earth people," she said.
About 50 folks gathered at the Hastings store on Best Avenue to hear from the Heaths during one of their stops on a nationwide book tour.
The Chucks chatted for 45 minutes about faith, politics, the media and Sarah, of course - but not too much - because they've got a book to sell and sign that offers "intimate stories from Sarah's life along with a celebration of growing up in and sharing all that Alaska means to Sarah and her family."
They laughed often - "Anybody that calls me Mr. Palin, I charge them a dollar. I could be rich on that," Heath Sr. said, grinning.
But they also often expressed frustration with the media they accused of twisting words and making up stories about Sarah Palin and her family.
"Most of the stuff written about us is totally untrue," Chuck Jr. said.
"You guys that know her personally, she is as regular as anybody you will ever meet," he added
Heath Sr. said since his daughter was named the Republican nominee for vice president in August 2008, life in some ways remained the same and in others, it changed. More
