Dive into a fictionalized Brownwood of the 1960’s with local author Jimmy Jameson this Saturday, July 22, at 7 p.m., at the Brownwood Art Center, 215 Fisk.  Jameson will read passages from his recently published first book, Mississippi Bones, and take questions from the audience.  Copies of the book will be available for purchase, and the author will be happy to sign yours.

Mississippi Bones is an entertaining mashup of a train-hopping adventure, time travel, psychedelia, and the quest archetype, told in the guise of fourth grader Jimmy Jameson’s English assignment at East Elementary, right here in Brownwood.

When Jimmy decides to hop a freight train one Saturday morning in 1965, he knows the dangers.  But he’s just planning a short ride, so what are the chances he’ll run into Mississippi Bones, “the dark godfather king of hobos,” who’s been rumored to haunt the rails with grisly violence for the past century?

Well, you guessed it, Jimmy soon encounters the notorious hobo, who is a man on a mission.  Their fateful meeting begins a journey that goes far beyond Jimmy’s, or the reader’s expectations.  Before long, Jimmy is initiated into an ancient cult, preparing him for his roles as a witness, disciple, and sidekick in Bones’ mission:  to rescue and reunite with Bones’ long lost true love, Lucretia.

The author describes himself as a “bad kid at large who never really grew up…and doesn’t care,” and also says he’s a behavioral scientist and international self-defense/counter-terrorism consultant.  He promises there are more Jimmy Jameson books, or rather “English assignments,” to come.

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