Bobby Joe 'n Me

About the Book

Bobby Joe and Billy Earl are two good ol country boys that live in the Foothills of the Ozarks. Related as cousins, they are as close as any brothers. Bobby Joe is the “adventurous” one, while Billy Earl "tries" to be the "voice of reason". Whenever Bobby Joe gets an idea, it sounds good at the start, which surprises Billy Earl as he knows how his cousin's "luck" can be most of the time. Still, he goes along to see if he can avert disaster before it happens. But Bobby Joe isn't going to listen to reason, and when things get twisted around, the boys find themselves wondering what they got themselves into.

About the Author

Born in 1957, William Bayless could be considered a "well-traveled". His younger years were spent in a military family that moved from base to base with each new assignment issued to his father. In 1970, William's father retired from the Army and moved his family to the foothills of the Ozarks in north central Arkansas. Living ten miles from the nearest town can be quite boring to a city raised boy. To escape his boredom, William would explore the rolling hills of Izard County. He made many friends with the “Spit and Whittle” crew of old men that would sit on the court square and tell tall tales or relate past experiences, which prompted William to start writing. He started on the book in 1996, “based” on personal experiences and the stories he heard from his friends, and has work on it ever since.