Tom Edwards

eBook, ePUB

The Storyteller (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This is a series of short stories, most of which have a sting in the tail. Some are based on the true experiences of the author; some have been embellished, and some are purely fictional. The first story, The Entomologist, is true, and the conversation, which is full of malapropisms, actually occurred. Frappin' the Wurzel, on the other hand, is entirely a figment of the author's imagination. It depicts George, a bucolic Arcadian in a small English pub, who in an effort to maintain his reputation as the village prankster exploits the very obvious charms of an American tourist-an activity that would probably get him thrown in goal in a more enlightened society. Spider Loves Me and a Near Gaff introduces pathos into the mix, and most of the other stories have an unexpected ending that may intrigue or amuse the reader. The title of this book was inadvertently suggested to me by a charming lady while I was giving a talk to a library group. I had been narrating various yarns of events that had occurred during my lifetime and my audience appeared to enjoy them. During the tea break, the lady approached me remarking, "You are a storyteller!" I placed the wrong connotation on her comment and protested that they were all true. She hurriedly corrected my misunderstanding saying that she enjoyed my tales and that I should set them down in a book; this I have done. Many of the stories have an element of truth, painfully so. However, some are figments of my imagination, and some have been enhanced to give them humor or pathos. Most have a twist in the tale that may surprise or amuse the reader. I do hope you enjoy them.

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• Größe: 0.29MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Tom Edwards was born in Hampshire, England, where he spent his early years. After completing his education he served for six years in the Fleet Air Arm branch of the Royal Navy. Leaving the service he made his living for several years as an artist before moving to Southern Africa. He worked as a news reporter on several newspapers and as an engineer on various mines in South Africa, Zambia and Namibia, finally settling in what was then Rhodesia. During the Rhodesian conflict he joined the reserve branch of the security forces where he served on border patrol and in the Marine Division. It was there that he acquired much of the material for his first book 'If I should die'. The war being lost, depending on which side you were on, he and a friend bought a thirty-foot boat in England and sailed around the world for four years; a trip bedevilled by pirates and hurricanes. They were finally shipwrecked off the coast of New Zealand and had to work there for a year to repair the boat. They carried on to Australia where Tom's partner left him to return home. Tom continued on his own to South Africa via Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling and the Seychelles and eventually back to Australia where he became an Australian citizen. His penultimate adventure was to walk from John O'Groats, in the north of Scotland to Land's End in the south of England, a distance of 1440km, which took him forty-six days to complete. At the ripe old age of eighty he and Greg, the son of his friend Joyce, sailed a 30 ft boat from Hobart in Tasmania to Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, a distance of about 1000ks, a trip beset with gale force winds, blown-out sails and many other difficulties. This trip proved to him that his sailing days were over. Tom has now retired to Lake Macquarie where he enjoys writing, painting and walking.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: iUniverse
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781532065408
• Artikelnr.: 54873082