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Calm
Before the
Storm
by
JT Brewer
This book is a work of fiction. Naming, characters, places and incidents are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Text copyright © 2011 by
Judeen and Terry Brewer
Cover design © 2011 by
Christopher D. Brewer
Published in eBook format by eBookIt.com
ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-0613-8
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.
This story is dedicated
to Thornton W. Burgess,
who awakened many a child’s curiosity and love for
animals;
and to Mother Nature,
Who knows nothing is impossible.
Acknowledgements
Writing a book begins with an idea that just won’t let you sleep at night and buzzes in your ear until you write it down. You can try to ignore it, slap at it and mutter unkind remarks, but it evades them all. In the end, it cannot be denied and you are its captive.
JT Brewer has been scratching this itch for more years than either of us would care to admit. Along the way, we have learned that in spite of all our hard effort we could never have gotten this book done by ourselves.
We wish to thank our long-suffering family and friends who have listened tirelessly to us talking about this thing ad nauseum and who have offered many helpful comments and suggestions. We thank our son, Chris Brewer, for his marvelous cover art; and our daughter Robin Lambert, and our friend, Annette Boren, who proofread every dot and tittle of the text. They are both every bit as perfectionist and detail-oriented as Anna Dawn Hamlyn. If any errors remain, they are not at fault.
Special thanks to two of our dearest comrades in arms, Mike and Bonnie Ramsdell. They have nursed us through the headaches, cheered us through the doldrums and plowed the road when the time finally came to get the beast “out there.”
Now, though this is somewhat tacky and more than a little unconventional, we must acknowledge and thank each other. As a husband and wife team, we could neither have completed this work without the other. We have kept each other going through discouragement and rewrites, laughing and crying and crossing each other’s fingers all the way to the printer.
We wish to thank the Maker for marvelous creations that never cease to inspire us. How did He do all this, anyway? We do not know. We are just glad He did and delight in enjoying the fruit of His labors.
Finally, thanks to you, kind reader, for buying this book. We hope you will not only enjoy this little journey, but be left wanting more at the end. More is soon to come.