Life in the Arbor

About the Book

Life in the Arbor centers on Rollie Rabbit and his fellow animals that live in the back yard of a house in Sun City West, Arizona. Rollie is a smart, ingenious rabbit who tries to make his and his familiy’s life better. Their home is a stand of tall arborvitae trees that line the back boundary of the yard. Rollie decides that there must be a better place somewhere out in the Great Out There, and he and his friends—Fred Lizard, Millie Monarch, and Buzz Hummingbird—embark on a journey to find such a place. They encounter a number of friends and foes along the way—Olliver Owl, Cecil Snake, Fara Cat, Black Jack, and Kitty Rabbit, to name just a few. Their journey takes them out and then back to their home in the Arbor, culminating in a fight for the hand of Kitty Rabbit, and the realization that there really is no better place than their home in the Arbor.

About the Author

Jerry Travis taught high school English for over thirty years before he left the classroom for the first tee on assorted golf courses. In his spare time (when he’s not on a golf course) he reads, keeps a journal, writes countless e-mails to friends and relatives, and writes song lyrics, essays, short stories, novels, and an occasional poem or two. He now has four novels and one collection of short stories and essays published. He and his wife Rosalie and their two cats, Dusty and Squeakie, live in Sun City West, Arizona.