Synopses & Reviews
In order to see the future, sometimes you have to look to the past.
When a devastating plane crash kills Tate Stonemason's family and mangles his leg, the sixteen-year-old sees his dreams of playing pro baseball shatter. Now living with his great-grandfather Abbott and great-aunt Vidalia, Tate is bitter and angry, trying desperately to find a way out of his grief. Eager to help her nephew, Aunt Viddy tells him about her childhood -- her time spent with Ethiopia's Clowns, a Depression-era baseball team that traveled and lived in a purple bus. Though Tate finds solace in Aunt Viddy's powerful, joy-filled memories, he still grieves for his former life. Playing ball is all he has ever known; can there be a future without it?
Synopsis
From the author of A Day No Pigs Would Die comes a new novel about recovering a dream and a family. Sixteen year old pitcherTate Stonemason is crippled in body and spirit after a devastating plane crash. He finds unexpected solace from his stalwart great-grandfather and his warm, loving Great Aunt Viddy, who tells Tate the story of her childhood years spent traveling with Ethiopia s Clowns, a ragtag Depression-Era baseball team. Praise for Cowboy Ghost
About the Author
Robert Newton Peck is the author of more than sixty books, including Horse Thief, Cowboy ghost, and A Day No Pigs Would Die. According to Newsweek, Mr. Peck "manages to evoke a sense of vanished America -- when neighbors were neighborly, when food was home-cooked, and clothes and philosophy homespun." Raised on a farm, he is familiar with cattle, hogs, and horses. He lives with his wife, Sam, in Longwood, Florida, where he and a partner currently own eleven mustangs.