The Charlatan's Boy - by Jonathan Rogers (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Grady knows nothing of his origins--he does not even have a last name--but as he and a huckster travel from one small, frontier town to another he poses one of the wild, ugly swamp beasts called feechies.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"I only know one man who might be able to tell me where I come from, and that man is a liar and a fraud."</b> <br> <p/>As far back as he can remember, the orphan Grady has tramped from village to village in the company of a huckster named Floyd. With his adolescent accomplice, Floyd perpetrates a variety of hoaxes and flimflams on the good citizens of the Corenwald frontier, such as the Ugliest Boy in the World act. <p/>It's a hard way to make a living, made harder by the memory of fatter times when audiences thronged to see young Grady perform as "The Wild Man of the Feechiefen Swamp." But what can they do? Nobody believes in feechies anymore. <p/>When Floyd stages an elaborate plot to revive Corenwalders' belief in the mythical swamp-dwellers known as the feechiefolk, he overshoots the mark. Floyd's Great Feechie Scare becomes widespread panic. Eager audiences become angry mobs, and in the ensuing chaos, the Charlatan's Boy discovers the truth that has evaded him all his life--and will change his path forever.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for Jonathan Rogers</b><br>"The unusual settings and characters keep the surprises coming, while Rogers's lovely descriptions and distinctive voice keep the pages turning. Faith fiction readers of all ages should enjoy this..."<br><b>--<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i></b><br>"Jonathan Rogers knows how to tell a story. He'll take you to fantastic lands that somehow still feel close to home and keep you happily guessing until the end. His fantasy tales ring of folklore and seem to spring up out of history like old willows in an earthy bog. Dr. Rogers never fails to serve up uncanny adventures that, like some impossibly nutritious brownies, are ridiculously tasty and deeply fulfilling."<br><b>--Wayne Thomas Batson, best-selling author of The Door Within Trilogy<br></b><br>"Jonathan Rogers has created a new kind of story--part fantasy, part southern fiction. It's sad and funny and heartwarming. Imagine a southern version of a C. S. Lewis story or a Christian version of a Mark Twain tale. Imagine a world where dragons are alligators, the American South is an island kingdom of cowboys and swamp dwellers, and ugliness, it turns out, is profoundly beautiful. Jonathan Rogers, a Georgia boy with a PhD, a strong faith, and a healthy imagination, gives us a timeless story no one else could have written. I loved it."<br><b>--Andrew Peterson, author of The Wingfeather Saga</b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jonathan Rogers</b> grew up in Georgia, where he spent many happy hours in the swamps and riverbottoms on which the wild places of <i>The Charlatan's Boy</i> are based. He received his undergraduate degree from Furman University in South Carolina and holds a Ph.D. in seventeenth-century English literature from Vanderbilt University. He lives with his family in Nashville, Tennessee.
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