The year is 1910; young Jonathan has never walked. He refers to his wheel-chair as the "mobile contraption." What Jonathan possess is a deep sensibility to the world around him, and a wisdom few eleven-year-olds experience. Jonathan needs all the maturity he can muster to comprehend the mystery of the butterfly pond on the family farm; the suffering of his brother; the miraculous events surrounding his family; the appearance of a young women who died October 28,1864--and the resurrected draft horse that has two hoofs in heaven and two in missouri muck. |
I've written a number of stories and a large number of poems in my seventy-one years; but I found Unstrained Mercy to be the most enjoyable experience. To speak through Jonathan in the first person and present tense produced a voice I believed suited Jonathan. The story's characters remain vividly in my mind. Prior to writing Unstrained Mercy, I researched the Second Battle of Newtonia of October 28,1864; the industrial times of 1910, and the life of early aviator Glenn Curtiss; his 1910 'Golden Flier' is important to the story. It brought back memories of my flying at age 16. I hope you will consider this loving effort. Little Jonathan believes you are with him while he is writing. Why else would he write? Unstrained Mercy is available in hardback or paperback. AuthorHouse-December 2011-336 pages http://www.authorhouse.com/ http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/ Local resellers and Amazon Kindle (ebooks) |