FATHER TO THE MAN There’s an old adage that says, “the boy is father to the man.” If that’s true, then Keith Kovacek was fathered by two boys, himself and his identical twin, Kurt. The boys are about to graduate from high school as the story opens. Life in their small Oregon town of Ashland is good and the boys look eagerly forward to whatever the future has in store for them, confident of their ability to meet any contingency. Disaster strikes when Kurt is killed in an accident as he and his pregnant sweetheart are on their way to be married. Keith is unwilling for his brother’s child to be aborted or born a bastard: Thus begins Keith’s journey to manhood.
Click here to order Father to the Man. We've gone digital! We have just published six of our books as eBooks, together with a cookbook, and nine short stories and sketches. They are all available at www.Scribd.com. If you pull up one of our offerings, a scroll on the right side of the page will list the others and you can click to view sample pages. Five of the short stories are free: “The Puzzlement of the Peacock” (a Christmas fable); “The Pink Cotton Blouse” (an economic bumblebee); “Etiquette on the Sidewalk” (mayhem and murder); “Cute but Vicious” (a visit to the Dead Animal Museum) http://www.scribd.com/doc/17116524/Cute-but-Vicious? ; and “The Dilemma” (murder and insanity). Four children’s stories are from the Hard Black River collection, in which birds and animals talk in their adventures: “The Lost Cockatoo,” http://www.scribd.com/doc/17116631/The-Lost-Cockatoo? ,The Turtle Thing,” “The Adventures of Lady Blue” and “Christmas in the Forest.” $1.25 each Murder by Accident. Marge O’Connor is again caught up in murderous events. But when someone throws a Molotov cocktail at her, she considers they’ve gone too far! Set in Bend and Camp Five, Kinzua, Oregon. Cover photo: Peter Skene Ogden State Scenic Viewpoint, courtesy Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Large Print. eBook $4.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/17379362/Murder-by-Accident-? Death Takes a Flyer. First of the Marge O'Connor mystery series. A young wife and mother goes missing, then her mother-in-law is found dead on a Flexible Flyer. Cut off by a snowstorm, Marge must solve the mystery of become another victim. Set in Camp Five, Kinzua, Oregon. Large Print. eBook $4.95 As a charter member of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, we invite you to visit and see this amazing place. There are artifacts and dioramas of hundreds of tribes. To learn more, visit: http://www.AmericanIndian.si.edu 
The Phantom Ship, Crater Lake, Oregon, photo courtesy National Park Service
Joyous Publishing is a small company, specializing in large print novels, with some nonfiction.
Father to the Man. A father and his teenage daughter grow up together. Set in Ashland, Oregon. Large Print. eBook $4.95
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17283975/Father-to-the-Man-?
Criminal Justice. A mother's children are unjustly taken from her by a careless social worker. Knowing she will never see them again, she seeks criminal justice. Large Print. eBook $4.95 http://www.scribd.com/share/upload/15028186/1ji6k93ha9vgnt0f58a0?from_email_13_share_upload=1
Fossil Rocks. A country singer and a gorgeous mercury miner make beautiful music together. Set in Fossil, Oregon. Large Print. eBook $4.95
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17173355/Fossil-Rocks-?
Presidential Education: Prelude to Power. Nonfiction account of how each of the first 43 U.S. presidents were educated. Introduction by David C. Smith, Ph.D. 414 pages, bibliography, addendum. eBook $9.95 http://www.scribd.com/doc/17174059/Presidential-Education-Prelude-to-Power-?
http://www.scribd.com/doc/17379209/Death-Takes-a-Flyer?
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