An illegitimate son, born in Germany in the first half of the nineteenth century, raised in aristocratic wealth by a well-to-do family, seizes the opportunity to escape to America, bringing a new identity, passing to his descendants a pretense of European nobility. Ninety years later, the lives of three young men intersect in Bordeau, Missouri, the community founded by the German immigrant. In 1937, his great grandson, Jakob Kellermann IV, age 25, thrust into ownership of the family enterprise, searches to uncover the mysterious truth about...
A story of subterfuge, murder and atonement
An illegitimate son, born in Germany in the first half of the nineteenth century, raised in aristocrat...
This story, the second edition of a tale first self-published in 1999, incorporates corrections and minor amendments, but it remains the same story, delivering the same message thirteen years later. Critic's appreciations and author's comments relating to this work follow.
From the first page to the last, this captivating book races, twisting and turning to capture the attention of even the most aloof reader. The Naked Jaybird is an exciting read. Patiently and methodically, Byers spares no detail in piecing together a complex multi-level plot into a plausible story of international...
This story, the second edition of a tale first self-published in 1999, incorporates corrections and minor amendments, but it remains the same story...
A well-intentioned father, extraordinarily successful, blames himself for the accidental drowning of his wife on July 4, 1898. Disrespectful of his father's rakish lifestyle, conscious the characteristics of his unknown Asiatic mother might reappear in succeeding generations, he vows to follow a celibate life, devoting himself to raising his four-year old daughter, directing her away from boys and romance into a business career. He places her in a girl's Catholic school, then on to university where she acquires a master's degree in finance and economics. He establishes a business for her...
A well-intentioned father, extraordinarily successful, blames himself for the accidental drowning of his wife on July 4, 1898. Disrespectful of his fa...
From Jack and Jill, Marie and Donnie, and Jiggs and Maggie through twelve terrific lectures on creative writing, this illuminating book by Stephen Byers, an engineer who published his first novel at age 74, now fourteen years later is centered on ....
The Theme of This Book Storyweaving = Storyforming + Storytelling
The art of developing characters' strengths, weaknesses, conflicts and problems with defined guidelines that will keep you on track from beginning to end.
"I learned more in Mr. Byers' four-hour lecture than in a whole year at school." "A senior high school...
From Jack and Jill, Marie and Donnie, and Jiggs and Maggie through twelve terrific lectures on creative writing, this illuminating book by Stephen ...
Christmas, 2009: Here is a present for you, Daddy. It is a painting I did in Switzerland in 1970, a random doodle, like seeing pictures in the clouds, only with paint and brush. I called it a Boy and His Horse. When my children were young, they once asked me tell them the story behind the picture, but alas the road to you know where was paved with good intentions; the story was never written. When Matthew arrived on the scene, the story came alive again, Kade Zachary and his horse Muddy River resurrected from unpacking cases when we moved into our new home. It went like this ... Kade Zachary...
Christmas, 2009: Here is a present for you, Daddy. It is a painting I did in Switzerland in 1970, a random doodle, like seeing pictures in the clouds,...
