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Platt, Ted

 
9781418436261: The Brown Mud Of Jericho

Synopsis

The story is set in rural Michigan early in the twentieth century andopens with the Groners in the bedroom struggling through that first night afterescaping the villainous woman.¿ Clydisand Edith escaped her talons and made it home to Jericho but still fear for Edith's safety.¿ The villainous woman was still loose.¿ The outcome of a courtroom trial also hungover them.¿ Also, having been reareddifferently, she wondered if she could rear Edith properly.Their story is flavored by colorful, often humorous,characters who share in the dread of a muddy road.¿ The muddy road is symbolic to situations ofsuspense, romance, humor, horse rustling, kidnapping, life-threateninginjuries, terror, tragedy, passion, woe, and triumph.¿ While coping with the situations, Clydisbecomes indispensable in the community, but her friendship leads to acompromising situation at the little farm on Jericho.The Brown Mud Of Jericho is the second of the Jericho Booksby T. F. Platt, following on the success of ¿If We Make It To Jericho.¿ The Jericho stories are intended for adults andyoung adults.¿ The tales aren't lewd andthey omit cussing.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The story is set in rural Michigan early in the twentieth century andopens with the Groners in the bedroom struggling through that first night afterescaping the villainous woman.¿ Clydisand Edith escaped her talons and made it home to Jericho but still fear for Edith's safety.¿ The villainous woman was still loose.¿ The outcome of a courtroom trial also hungover them.¿ Also, having been reareddifferently, she wondered if she could rear Edith properly.Their story is flavored by colorful, often humorous,characters who share in the dread of a muddy road.¿ The muddy road is symbolic to situations ofsuspense, romance, humor, horse rustling, kidnapping, life-threateninginjuries, terror, tragedy, passion, woe, and triumph.¿ While coping with the situations, Clydisbecomes indispensable in the community, but her friendship leads to acompromising situation at the little farm on Jericho.The Brown Mud Of Jericho is the second of the Jericho Booksby T. F. Platt, following on the success of ¿If We Make It To Jericho.¿ The Jericho stories are intended for adults andyoung adults.¿ The tales aren't lewd andthey omit cussing.

Biographie de l'auteur

T. F. Platt enjoyed his first writing success in gradeschool, discovering that he could entertain by reading aloud the story or skitthat he'd written.¿ During his years as acollege professor, his articles appeared in the scientific press.¿ He also served eleven years as a nationalscience editor.¿ The idea for the Jericho series of books occurred in 1975when he visited his mother at her retirement complex.¿ Nearby was a railroad bridge that in theauthor's mind became Lower Lead Bridge and a walk around the area soonidentified other prominent features of the Jericho stories. As recreation Mr. Platt flies a Piper Cherokee.¿ He has also uses an antique backhoe to landscapetheir four acres into ponds and leafy lanes that his children, grandchildren,and friends ply by golf cart.¿ At theponds, Grandma Helen or Uncle Ben may assist the little ones in fishing techniques.Author and family reside in southern Michigan, some one hundred fifty miles fromthe site of his Jericho stories.¿ They have four grown wonderful children andfour marvelous grand children all of whom serve as inspiration for the writer.

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