The Beckoning

By Donald Webster

At the end of America's age of innocence, just six weeks before the murder of President John F. Kennedy, 17-year old Lee Moffit is told by his father to leave their Stillwater, Oklahoma, farm and never return. With $40 and a German Luger pistol in his pocket, Lee roars across Route 66 on his motorcycle toward California with dreams of becoming a movie stuntman.

Following one misadventure after the next, Lee arrives in Venice Beach and is befriended by Iris Pond, a hippie with literary ambitions and a troubled past. Lee's hope to capture the California dream turns to despair and leads him to a life-defining moment.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595338453
• ISBN13: 9780595338450
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"