Books with author F. E. Johnston

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The musicians were tuning their instruments somewhere behind the palms in the hotel courtyard. It was one of the older hotels of San Antonio, much sought by Northern tourists on account of that same inner garden, around which the big building stretched itself. The rooms opening on to it had vine-covered balconies, and, looking down from them into the tropical growth of palms and banana trees and roses, one felt that it was summer time, no matter what the calendar said.

Down the long avenue that led from the house to the great entrance gate came the Little Colonel on her pony. It was a sweet, white way that morning, filled with the breath of the locusts; white overhead where the giant trees locked branches to make an arch of bloom nearly a quarter of a mile in length, and white underneath where the fallen blossoms lay like scattered snowflakes along the path. Everybody, in Lloydsboro Valley knew Locust. "It is one of the prettiest places in all Kentucky," they were fond of saying, and every visitor to the Valley was taken past the great entrance gate to admire the long rows of stately old trees, and the great stone house at the end, whose pillars gleamed white through the Virginia creeper that nearly covered it.

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Something unusual was happening at Locust. Although it was early in September, and the heat and dust of a Kentucky summer still lingered in every corner of Lloydsboro Valley, the great house with its vine-covered pillars was being hastily put in order for winter closing. Rob Moore, swinging his tennis racket as he sauntered down the avenue under the arching locust-trees, stopped short with a whistle of surprise. The tennis net was down. He had come at the Little Colonel's invitation for a farewell game, as they were both to start to school on the morrow, she in the Valley, and he in town. He could not understand the sudden removal of the net.

Twister is a delightful story of a horse born during a tornado and his adventures. The story takes place on and around a mid-1930's era farm in Perry County, Mississippi, and was inspired by childhood memories of the author, John W. Johnston. The book measures 7.5" x 10.5", and is 79 pages with six chapters. The book is recommended for K-5 to 5th grade readers. It is beautifully and generously illustrated by Clayton Thigpen, a MississippiCollege art student. It has large print for easy reading. The author will personally autograph each book purchased, and include an inscription (pertinent information must be provided with the order). Johnston believes "that the development of good reading habits at an early age is the key to better education. This book is not only interesting to children, but also parents and grandparents, who can relate to the adventures of Twister." John W. Johnston, the author, graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi with a B.S. degree in Communications. A Korean War veteran, he served as an Infantry Platoon Leader in the 25th Infantry Division and later as a Public Information Officer (Chief of Radio, Television, and News) at Headquarters of American Forces Far East/8th Army). Johnston is a retired business executive and teaches a Bible-study class at his church in Jackson, MS. He is the father of four, grandfather of nine, and great grandfather of six.