Barr's Meadow - Eldot
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An adventure about boys . . . Eldot presents a fresh new novel for adults. The coming-of-age story is embedded in an episodic two-week summer camp full of variety and fun. Julian kept two scrapbooks. This special one has not been shared until now. It responds to the nostalgic pull; the happy days of you that are special. Perhaps you'd like to relive some memories or discover ones that were missed. This is a peek at the world of 1963, before the Internet and cell phones-when you learned by discovering things on your own and interacted with real people. Did you miss the chance to go to summer…mehr

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An adventure about boys . . . Eldot presents a fresh new novel for adults. The coming-of-age story is embedded in an episodic two-week summer camp full of variety and fun. Julian kept two scrapbooks. This special one has not been shared until now. It responds to the nostalgic pull; the happy days of you that are special. Perhaps you'd like to relive some memories or discover ones that were missed. This is a peek at the world of 1963, before the Internet and cell phones-when you learned by discovering things on your own and interacted with real people. Did you miss the chance to go to summer camp? This story will fill the gap. Did you go to camp, but it was boring, or too short? This will make up for that. Did you go to camp, but were too inhibited to try all those things? Here is a memory for you to cherish or was your camp experience fabulous and terrific. See how this one compare! This story is about a teen boy discovering love is not the usual coming of age drama-this one banishes the prejudice and the bad guys and shows the comic side. A lot of boy's frolics, experiments, and discover wonderful things. There are surprises, fantasies, and lots of fulfilled expectations. Julian's Private Scrapbook is meant for mature readers; the purpose is to look at underlying present day social issues from a new perspective: the past, and the positive. Barr's Meadow is the first in a five-novel series. Not for sale to persons under 18.
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About Leland Alan Hall: Eldot is a simple cipher: the author's first initial spelled phonetically followed by a period [L. = Eldot] Why? When this novel was first published, the subject matter was more sensitive and controversial than it is today. Lest relatives, friends or former colleagues be inconvenienced or victimized, the nom de plume was adopted as a shield. Secondly, the author didn't want media opportunism to distort what the book was seeking to achieve. Media treatment of the subject was the major motivation to write Julian's side of the story in the first place. All the Julian books received positive critical reviews. Seven years later, the potential for controversy still exists, but the extremist groups have lost their clout-society has evolved rapidly: social media and the cell phone have changed the landscape; the Julian novels are made more topical than ever. In 2018 the subject matter is relevant and openly discussed; a movie on the same theme is a contender for the 2018 Best Picture of the year. For this reason and to satisfy readers' response, the five books have been revised, updated, and re-issued as the five volume Julian's Private Scrapbook set. Thus it's appropriate to let the reader get a peek behind the curtain. Eldot has lived in the Pacific Northwest for most of his life. In order to dodge the draft and avoid the Viet Nam war, he took an occupational deferment to teach high school Drama and English. The interminable nature of the war and the draft lottery kept him in that occupation so long that the refuge morphed into a successful career. Why change a good thing? He became a local and state leader in his profession. After thirty terrific years as an educator, he retired. Now he's taken up writing. The novels are not autobiographical.