Letters to Jud: Stories of Another Life
About this ebook
The narrative is told in two dozen letters written to the spirit of the authors father, Jud Alderman, depot agent for the Frisco Railroad. The setting is Republic, Missouri, in the years just before, during, and after World War II. Initially seen through a young boys eyes, the narrative ends years later when the author returns to his hometown as a grown man and discovers that his fathers beloved old depot has vanished, and with it, the last symbol of his familys years in Republic.
Letters to Jud is an engaging portrait of a classically American small town experience. It is a tale that o?ers relief from the coarseness of our culture today an antidote that can be taken as often as needed.
A World War II era small town sparkles to life in this luminous memoir ... A funny, moving ?nely wrought remembrance of a lost Middle America.
Kirkus Reviews
Letters to Jud is a beautiful novel-as-stories written in a most engaging and elegant narrative voice. The language of this book is pure pleasure
Judge, Writers Digest International Self-Published Book Awards
About the author
After graduating from the University of Houston, where he studied journalism and creative writing, Don Alderman began his long career as an advertising agency copywriter, creative director, agency principal, and financial services writer. Writing is also his hobby. He lives with his wife, Colleen, in Houston; they have four children.
