Mary Crane: and a Pompey Hollow Book Club Seance with Sherlock! by Jerome Mark A

Description: Mary Crane by Jerome Mark Antil, Marina Giraud, Jessica Clark This wholesomely earnest novel is peppered with a dash of old-school mischief and fun. The tone of the novel is wholesomely earnest, peppered with a dash of old-school mischief and fun.In certain aspects, the novel seems reminiscent of author Elizabeth Enrights Melendy Family series of the 1940s. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The British have landed...again! In this heartfelt coming of age story, Ole Charlie, the clubs Guardian Angel since the Book of Charlie narrates another adventure. This one with an international twist. The Pompey Hollow Book Club novels are lighthearted nostalgia about growing up in the heart and the shadows of WWII. The club started when they were all nine, just after the War - and, truth be known, it had little to do with books. The name was a convenience to their club of valor, enabling them to get out of the house for club meetings - even on school nights. Mary Crane has been the club president since 1949 - primarily because she could spell, and hit a home run. Now they are all teens. Antil takes pride in the historic detail of his backdrops - researching the War years and early 1950s rural America - times he grew up in. Many of the main characters are real. The adventures get taller with the telling but they have accurate roots in the times and foundations in truth. The War that killed seventy million people presented in an interesting way so as to encourage a better understanding among todays young adult - making a point we mustnt forget this War and its heroes. In this adventure - book three in the series - we find Mary Crane overseeing the clubs volunteering to do the chores for poor old Farmer Parkers farm - watching over his team of horses and some milking cows - bringing the hay down into the barn while hes bedridden with a badly sprained back. In doing so a biplane giving State Fair plane rides goes off course and nearly crashes on his farm. Rushing to the pilots rescue, the club members unwittingly step into their most spirited adventure yet - this time a need to out trick a professional pickpocket at the State Fair who happens to be in a traveling Sherlock Holmes Players company from England. Jerome Mark Antil is the seventh child of a seventh son - of a seventh son. Born at sunrise its been told by Mary Holman Antil and Michael C. Antil Sr., that he was the first of eight siblings to stay awake all day and sleep through the night from the moment he was born. "My dad was a baker from the 1929 Great Depression through the post-War 1950s. As a young boy, Id ride with him all throughout central and northern New York visiting grocers and U.S. Army bases; baseball parks and bread lines as he sold his bread, hot dog buns, pies and cakes. My Dad was Big Mike and I loved listening to his timeless stories and tall tales - stopping at fishing holes along the way. All day rides with Big Mike - his Buick my Steamboat - his grand stories and an entire world at War my Mississippi." Author Biography Jerome Mark Antil is the seventh child of a seventh son - of a seventh son. Born at sunrise its been told by Mary Holman Antil and Michael C. Antil Sr., that he was the first of eight siblings to stay awake all day and sleep through the night from the moment he was born. "I remember the Pearl Harbor attack announced on our Zenith radio before I could walk. I heard Edward R. Murrow reporting the War from London...and the scratchy battle-weary ship-to-shore Morse code messages on radio while my diaper was being changed". Heartfelt fare of family and friendship - light-hearted nostalgia from the 1940s and 1950s are his favorite subjects. He revels at capturing in good detail what it was like being a kid living in a world at War and its long shadows. When the War ended, he grew up in Delphi Falls, which provided the setting for The Pompey Hollow Book Club and The Book of Charlie. "My dad was a baker from the 1929 Great Depression through the post-War 1950s. As a young boy, Id ride with him all throughout central and northern New York visiting grocers and U.S. Army bases; baseball parks and bread lines as he sold his bread, hot dog buns, pies and cakes. My Dad was Big Mike and I loved listening to his timeless stories and tall tales - stopping at fishing holes along the way. All day rides with Big Mike - his Buick my Steamboat - his grand stories and an entire world at War my Mississippi." As an adult Jerry worked as a proof reader and printers liaison, he later wrote and produced industrial sales and training films. An accomplished writer for public relations and advertising agencies, he would become Chief Marketing Officer for several prominent U.S. companies. Jerrys favorite authors are: (John Steinbeck) "Steinbeck could peer through a peephole of a persons soul." (Ernest Hemingway) "Grandpa Hemingway could establish character in a single sentence." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) "His Sherlock would keep me as eager for the next clue and accompanying anecdote as for the crimes solution." (Mark Twain) "Samuel Langhorne Clements was an irreverent observer of human foibles. His stand up was thought provoking, deceptively caustic." Review FOREWORD REVIEW - 5 STARS This wholesomely earnest novel is peppered with a dash of old-school mischief and fun. Jerome Mark Antils Mary Crane and a Pompey Hollow Book Club Séance with Sherlock, the latest installment in the adventures of the Pompey Hollow kids, continues the groups spirited adventures. The club members-all boys except for the steadying influence of President Mary Crane-make their early-teen way through 1950s upstate New York with the help of guardian angel and former neighbor Charlie Pitts, best known as "Ole Charlie." The tone of the novel is wholesomely earnest, peppered with a dash of old-school mischief and fun. Antils love for his subject matter and familiarity with the postwar backdrop of this specific region give Pompey Hollow a color and warmth that only true nostalgia can provide. Surely these were simpler times than our own, though not necessarily better or easier. The shadow of the Great Depression lingered, with not-so-distant memories of-as one character notes-having to live on very little and somehow manage to make a chocolate layer cake "with everything but chocolate." And while the United States had recently triumphed in World War II, no great victory is ever won without casualties or sacrifice. In the autumn of 1953, the Book Club and friends find themselves caught up in a caper involving a former war pilot and a crafty British pickpocket, while Ole Charlie meets fellow angel and revered author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. There are barn chores and barn dances, the state fair, a traveling theater group, and a grade school teacher with some pretty impressive skills as a con artist. To add to the narrative, Antil includes historical photos along with "Paracoustics" sound effects. These sound snippets in the form of QR codes allow smartphone users to scan and hear relevant moments of action. Despite the nod to modern technology, Mary Crane and a Pompey Hollow Book Club Séance with Sherlock will likely appeal to those who actually lived the times, or to young adults with a fascination for days gone by. A lack of cynicism and openness to the concept that teens were perhaps more mature yet less sophisticated sixty years ago might also help their twenty-first-century counterparts truly appreciate the story. In certain aspects, the novel seems reminiscent of author Elizabeth Enrights Melendy Family series of the 1940s, offering a similar sense of camaraderie and fairly innocent adventure. Antils shifting perspective may sometimes become a bit confusing, but the general effect is a story with heart and plenty of good old-fashioned imagination. Long Description The British have landed...again! In this heartfelt coming of age story, Ole Charlie, the clubs Guardian Angel since the Book of Charlie narrates another adventure. This one with an international twist. The Pompey Hollow Book Club novels are lighthearted nostalgia about growing up in the heart and the shadows of WWII. The club started when they were all nine, just after the War - and, truth be known, it had little to do with books. The name was a convenience to their club of valor, enabling them to get out of the house for club meetings - even on school nights. Mary Crane has been the club president since 1949 - primarily because she could spell, and hit a home run. Now they are all teens. Antil takes pride in the historic detail of his backdrops - researching the War years and early 1950s rural America - times he grew up in. Many of the main characters are real. The adventures get taller with the telling but they have accurate roots in the times and foundations in truth. The War that killed seventy million people presented in an interesting way so as to encourage a better understanding among todays young adult - making a point we mustnt forget this War and its heroes. In this adventure - book three in the series - we find Mary Crane overseeing the clubs volunteering to do the chores for poor old Farmer Parkers farm - watching over his team of horses and some milking cows - bringing the hay down into the barn while hes bedridden with a badly sprained back. In doing so a biplane giving State Fair plane rides goes off course and nearly crashes on his farm. Rushing to the pilots rescue, the club members unwittingly step into their most spirited adventure yet - this time a need to out trick a professional pickpocket at the State Fair who happens to be in a traveling Sherlock Holmes Players company from England. Jerome Mark Antil is the seventh child of a seventh son - of a seventh son. Born at sunrise its been told by Mary Holman Antil and Michael C. Antil Sr., that he was the first of eight siblings to stay awake all day and sleep through the night from the moment he was born. "My dad was a baker from the 1929 Great Depression through the post-War 1950s. As a young boy, Id ride with him all throughout central and northern New York visiting grocers and U.S. Army bases; baseball parks and bread lines as he sold his bread, hot dog buns, pies and cakes. My Dad was Big Mike and I loved listening to his timeless stories and tall tales - stopping at fishing holes along the way. All day rides with Big Mike - his Buick my Steamboat - his grand stories and an entire world at War my Mississippi." Details ISBN0989304469 Author Jessica Clark Pages 274 Publisher Little York Books Language English Illustrator Marina Giraud ISBN-10 0989304469 ISBN-13 9780989304467 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2015 Imprint Little York Books Country of Publication United States Short Title MARY CRANE Publication Date 2015-04-09 Series Pompey Hollow Book Club Illustrations 30 Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white Affiliation Friars Club Subtitle and a Pompey Hollow Book Club Seance with Sherlock! UK Release Date 2015-04-09 Series Number 3 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91833533;

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