Jimmy Joplin's Agenda

By Jimmy G Dawson

Ten-year-old Jimmy Joplin, an active and clever only child, is loved by his tolerant middle-aged parents, Jack and Jen Joplin. Now it's May 1956, and school has just let out for the summer in the tiny farming town of Jigger, Texas, when Jimmy's caught trespassing on a freshly painted white rail fence belonging to the crusty retired Judge Albert Ebenezer Pike. After the youngster is severely reprimanded, he returns home and receives a lecture from his father. Jimmy does some soul-searching and decides to change his outlook on life. The uncopyrighted manuscript suddenly vanishes from Jake Walker's house. The widower is a historical novelist and also Jimmy's best friend. Jake is extremely distressed over the missing text, which causes Jimmy Joplin to befriend the town sheriff, Roy Bigboy, a tall, crafty, middle-aged Osage Indian who doesn't refer to himself as American Indian--just Osage. Sheriff Bigboy makes Jimmy a temporary deputy--primarily to keep an eye on him. As the investigation of the missing manuscript proceeds, two local men mysteriously die. Oaky Lighthorse, a retired Cherokee lawyer, is summoned down from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and assists in the investigation of the two deaths, but to avoid arresting possible murderers and charging them with theft, no arrests were made. The sheriff becomes frustrated to the point of self-doubt, but continues to persevere, aided by his friends. The story moves full circle from light and naive into a series of dark, sinister events, which culminate in a rather ironic ending.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H4S6XJ65
• ISBN13: 9798902516255
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Page Publishing
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.7" x 6.0"