68 Stories Of A Simpler Time And Place in Appalachia
For many years, award-winning outdoor author J. Wayne Fears has been writing his folksy tales about Tater Knob for a variety of popular publications, including, among others, Progressive Farmer, Rural Sportsman, Great Days Outdoors, GunHunter, and Mature Living. Now, he’s collected 68 of these heart-warming short stories, most of them humorous, some quite poignant, in a new nostalgia-packed book.
So, go ahead. Buckle up. A Tater Knob Almanacwill be taking you on an unforgettable wild ride full of rural-childhood adventures and misadventures from back in the 1940s and ’50s. Written for all ages and told through the eyes of three intrepid boys and one just-as-gutsy girl, these stories will introduce you to (or maybe reacquaint you with) plenty of colorful characters from in and around the remote Alabama mountain community where Fears actually grew up. Yes, it was a real place.
Since this new book is a collection of short stories, it’s presented in the form of an almanac. Whether you read through it from start to finish or just open it to specific months, one thing’s for certain: Each of the timeless tales inside its pages will keep you wanting to read lots more and, by the way, grinning from ear to ear.
Wildlife manager, explorer, outdoor writer, and heck of a storyteller J. Wayne Fears has taken part in his fair share of adventures and had more than 6,300 magazine articles and 35 books published over the past 60+ years. He has also been enshrined in 4 halls of fame including
