It's 1966, Christmas Day, the Missouri Ozarks. Johnny Bell, not
quite 16, is found in a snowdrift along a farm-to-market road by a
fundamentalist farm family named Ogletree. Johnny came from
Brownsville, Texas to the Ozarks, walking much of the way, with his
grandfather, George Bell. George, a dying man, had determined to
return to the home place he abandoned during the severe drought of
the early 1950s because of a fabulous heritage he hopes to pass on
to Johnny. Shortly after their arrival, George dies. Johnny is
taken in by the Ogletree family, over the objections of Charley
Larkin, a preacher, businessman, and Republican candidate for
sheriff who was great friends with Johnny's father, an itinerant
evangelist killed in the Korean War. Johnny, caring for the
Ogletrees' chickens and goats, becomes great friends with the
Ogletrees' oldest daughter, Suzanne. Another friend is a goat he
finds in the woods, and names "La," after the queen in Tarzan and
the Jewels of Opar. But Johnny can't get along with Everett, head
of the Ogletree clan, and retreats to his own place, where he lives
in an old machine shed. There he fixes his father's 1938 Ford coupe
and schemes how to make a living, at last hiring out as a
"hillbilly" in a brand-new theme park. An English teacher named
Ruth Koontz casts him in a melodrama called GOAT BOY OF THE OZARKS,
and Charley Larkin encourages Johnny to become an evangelist. But
Johnny must find his own path, and he has a legacy to claim.
General
Imprint: |
Stockton Lake Publishers
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2011 |
First published: |
May 2011 |
Authors: |
John Mort
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
312 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-615-45935-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
0-615-45935-8 |
Barcode: |
9780615459356 |
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