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The Child: Alien in the Delta

by (Thankful Strother)

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My grandfather (Papa) was a great storyteller. It took little persuasion to get him started on a story. He used to tell us that he was one of the first people in the town to own a Model T Ford. Sometimes, when he was drinking liquor, he would try to drive his Model T home and would forget that he was driving a car. In his drunken state, he would think he was in a horse-driven wagon and would yell out, "Whoa," to get the car to stop. Most of the time, the vehicle ran off the road or into something. Luckily, Papa was never hurt.

Papa stopped believing in banks after losing twenty-five hundred dollars during the Great Depression of the 1930s. When Papa went to the bank to withdraw his money, it was closed and out of business. After that, he started to keep his money in Prince Albert tobacco cans, which he would bury around his house. Sometimes, Papa forgot where he buried the cans and spent the day digging the yard, looking for his money.

Papa had what he described as horrible nightmares. My favorite story was about what caused his nightmares. When Papa was a young man, he killed a man and, before being captured, went on the run for seven years. The dead man would come for Papa nightly. He must have relived that shooting hundreds of times in his dreams. Grandma would have to awaken him to stop his screaming. Papa would not only tell this story; he stood up and showed everyone exactly how it happened.

The Child - Alien in the Delta is the first book of a three-book series. It highlights the life of a boy from the age of six until he graduates from high school at age seventeen. Stories run the gamut from early family life, experiencing death to discovering girls, sex, music, learning to dance, and encountering everything for the first time. It is a short yet entertaining book that gives readers a glimpse into a particular moment in the growth and development of an adolescent.

The three book series represent different periods. They include The Child, The Soldier, and The Adult. Thankful Strother does a remarkable job of bringing the reader into his world. "While reading his stories, I felt like I was in the room with him as he shared the details of all his adventures."

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  • Publication Date: January 15, 2014
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Lending: Disabled
  • Print Length: 72 Pages
  • File Size: 9,752 KB

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