Missouri native, Don Alderman, always regretted not visiting his
father for one final goodbye on the morning he left town to begin
life on his own. That was in 1956. Only months later, in 1957, his
father died, and that goodbye was left unsaid. Now, half a century
later, the author makes amends in Letters to Jud, a sensitive,
funny, and sometimes scary coming-of-age tale of life in a quirky
little town at the edge of the Missouri Ozarks.
The narrative is told in two dozen letters written to the spirit
of the author's father, Jud Alderman, depot agent for the Frisco
Railroad. The setting is Republic, Missouri, in the years just
before, during, and after World War II. Initially seen through a
young boy's eyes, the narrative ends years later when the author
returns to his hometown as a grown man and discovers that his
father's beloved old depot has vanished, and with it, the last
symbol of his family's years in Republic.
Letters to Jud is an engaging portrait of a classically
American small town experience. It is a tale that offers relief
from the coarseness of our culture today- an antidote that can be
taken as often as needed.
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