Where I Come From: Tales from the Pineywoods
Where I Come From: Tales from the Pineywoods
Curt Iles
Current Timeline
Monday, October 21 Kindle ebook pre-orders begin at Amazon.com
Tuesday, October 31, Amazon and Kindle editions go live. (Amazon Print and Kindle ebook).
November 2024: Copies of Where I Come From, and Christmas Jelly will be well placed throughout SW and Central Louisiana. Details to come here.
Friday, November 29, Black Friday: First official book signing for Where I Come From and Christmas Jelly at Grant Christmas Tree Farm
Where I Come From
66 new unpublished stories.
See Table of Contents below
291 pages
Price: $20.00
The purpose of Creekbank Stories is to write moving stories that encourage and inspire.
We believe Where I Come From is a book that can change lives. Our goal is REACH. We want it in the hands and hearts of readers everywhere, including worldwide.
In the coming days, we’ll share how you can become a Friend of Creekbank Stories and help Where I Come From have REACH.
Timeline
Release Date October 31
Pineywoods book releases/signings begin in late October.
Amazon
Amazon/Kindle
Back Cover Copy:
Table of Contents
Prologue: Patterans
1.Big-Hearted People
2.The Seed Tree
3.The Old House
4.The Eighth of January
5.Prof. Cavanaugh’s Best Lecture
6.Loving Hands
7.John Wooden’s Socks
8.“Curt Lies”
9.Hugh Thompson on Integrity
10.The Night The Old House Came Alive
11.The Hundred Foot Line
12.Elmer’s Hand
13.The Deer Hunter
14.Earthshine
15.Lost at Sea
16.Trade-Offs
17.A Falling-Out
18.Know Those Who Serve
19.The Red Cedars
20.Lloyd’s Teeth
21.Will You Forgive Me?
22.The Hobyahs
23.Leaving a Better World
24.Blackjack Oaks and Porch Lizards
25.The Unoffended Life
26.Think Before You Shoot
27.A Servant-Leader named Jimmy
28.The Fire
29.Where Everyone’s Your Uncle or Aunt
30.A Lazy Man’s Load
31.Clayton Iles Road
32.The Catfish Lunch
33.The Talking Stick
34.Friends Who’ll Stand By You
35.Sleeping on the Ground
36.Greg Johnson on Kindness
37.Saying Goodbye to a Grand Old Lady
38.Bare-footing
39.Leaders Eat Last
40.The Corner Post
41.Roy and Loki
42.The Baygall
43.I Am My Brother’s Keeper
44.A Dry Creek Conspiracy
45.Screen Door Living
46.Silence and Solitude
47.The Journaling Life
48.Pine Kindling
49.Spears Cemetery
50.The Windmill
51.The Lost Art of Snake Popping
52.Watch Out For the Fish
53.Glenda and Mr. Fox
54.A Cup of Coffee with Mr. Bentley
55.The Outsider
56.The Construction Worker
57.Shake Like a Man
58.The Quiet Sheriff
59.Friend-Collecting
60.A Mentor Named Fox Conner
61.The Lost Boy
62.A Broken Cup
63.The Mud on My Boots
64.Remember Where You Come From
65.A Dry Creek Soldier Comes Home
66.I Will Walk With You
Epilogue
Acknowlegements
Endnotes
LOGO
Creekbank Stories Curt Iles, Storyteller
