The Pitcher Shower

By Donald Harington

Book Overview

Every time Hoppy enters a town in his truck, he is greeted with delight and anticipation, showered with warmth, offered meals, and more often than not, pretty girls trying to catch more than just his eye. It's not that Hoppy is so special; it's the pitcher shows that he brings with him, the shoot-'em-ups and giddyappers that all the Ozark folk adore that have them lining up to welcome him. Hoppy's predictable routine and his struggles with his own self-loathing are challenged when a teenager succeeds in stowing away in his truck and proves to be a lot more than he seems. Together they contend with a wily traveling preacher who dogs their heels, trying to steal away their audience with his message of salvation. This peddler of the Gospel is just as bent on making money as the peddler of the motion pitcher, and in his cunning he steals all of Hoppy's cowboy pitchers. The pitcher shower has no choice but to buy the only available pitcher he can find, a strange pitcher called A Midsummer Night's Dream, and hope that it will prove popular with audiences who expect horses and Hopalong Cassidy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612181090
• ISBN13: 9781612181097
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Cinema Paradiso meets Horse Opera

What a dear book! Also a little naughty. Reminds one of the stranger-comes-to-town lighthearted Westerns of the late 1960s and early 1970s. When Hoppy, an itinerant mountain "pitcher shower", takes on a high-voiced young lad as his apprentice, all sorts of unusual events ensue that grow downright Shakespearean in scope. Foul play robs him of his Hopalong Cassidy repertoire, leaving him with only the Bard's Midsummer Night's Dream to pacify the entertainment-starved masses. Mistaken identities run rampant and chaos -- and a truly excellent belly laugh -- rule the roost.

Great Pitcher!

This is one of the funniest pitcher shows I ever saw. Can't wait until Donald drives up in the truck again with yet another amazing pitcher show! Loved it, loved it....Thank you once again...