Murder Seen through the Eyes of a Child
Our story unfolds in the Appalachian Mountains during the 1960s. It is fiction but based on actual events that occurred in the lives of three young boys. Pollution is non-existent here because strip mining, or mining of any type, has not been allowed anywhere in this area.
The lives that our story touches, and the people who live here, are honest and hardworking folk. They cherish the land, treating it as the precious gift it is.
Three members of this family play a critical role here. They are Denny, Jake and Ty Ferguson, a trio of unforgettable characters who live off the land in this part of the country.
At the same time, this tale also catalogues the lives and adventures of three young boys who witness a tragedy: Joe, (me), Travis and Billy. Still, while terrible events explode all around them, these boys will find ways to get into some very entertaining mischief.
“Murder Seen through the Eyes of a Child” is their story.
The Story Behind This Book
Growing up and watching families struggle to hold on to their land that they cherished along with seeing families first hand as an adult and coal operator fight tooth and nail for their land stuck with me for many years. They perceived what they were doing to be honorable, just and right. Like a lot of people, I wanted to put these accounts, feelings and emotions down on the written page.