Fair Wind That Blew

About the Book

Fourteen year old Joseph James thinks he killed his older brother, David. He flees his fundamentalist religious parents and his 1910 Iowa farm home.

Joe encounters many different situations, locations and people. Railroad workers, waitresses, cowboys, sheepherders, Indians, and Pop Tucker. Along the way he falls in love, is attacked by a pervert, and encounters adventures to challenge any youth.

About the Author

Gene Jeys is a storyteller whose parents helped to settle the West. He wrestled for the University of Iowa, worked as a bridge carpenter during the steam train era, was a mechanical designer, draftsman and quality assurance engineer involved in the Space Program. In 1985 he retired, received an MA from Antioch University and served as a Family Counselor. Gene has several publications in Scouting Magazine and holds the Silver Beaver Award. With 6 children, 7 grandchildren and 1 great grandson, as well as an extended family of former Boy Scouts, Gene looks forward to continuing this saga of adventure in the American West.