ADVENTURES from INNOCENCE: Snow to Swamp

ADVENTURES from INNOCENCE-Snow to Swamp is the first, in the AFI adventure series, written for the enjoyment of adventure enthusiasts of all ages. It’s about the experiences, of a youth, growing up in rural central Florida, during the middle of the last century. Joey Thames is uprooted from his childhood home, on a small family farm in western New England. His family abruptly moves to the unsettled wilds of central Florida, where they buy a fruit grove in rural Lake Hanna. Here, he finds himself adrift, in a very different place. Without friends, or the comforts of, the close extended family, he had enjoyed since birth. In the sparsely settled, rural Florida, Joey finds almost anything goes. During his first week, has to fight two Seminole Indian boys, to prove his worth, and gain their friendship. He and his new friends, develop an immediate bonding, through their mutual love of the out-of-doors and of hunting and fishing. This community, of fruit growers, sugarcane farmers, lumbermen, moonshiners and Seminole Indians, offered many new challenges, for Joey to deal with. Through his innocence, Joey is drawn into many adventures, where he must rely primarily on the strength of his innate moral character, to bring each, to a satisfactory conclusion. The challenges and adventures experienced by Joey play out, within the pages of this book. These are unlike any told before, in a series like ADVENTURES from INNOCENCE. The book also provides the reader, a window into life, as it was in the rural south, during the middle of the last century. The reader will find it a treat to share in Joey’s adventures and sometimes-hazardous experiences, while learning how he deals with each, in a manner far advanced for a person his age.