The Spit 'n Whittle Club

By Philip Fipps and Hazel Fipps-Mann

Based on true stories, a Texas sharecropper's family moves to Kansas where the boy believes monsters lurk and that is why those bright streetlights must shine all night long. Things are strange. He soon discovers the elder gentlemen who gather on the town's square most mornings to whittle, spit, gossip, tell stories and lies, and solve all the world's problems. These men welcome him into their company, and share their wit, wisdom, friendship, pocketknives and sometimes, even a chaw. He believes they might have answers to his questions. He listens and learns. As preteens, he and his best friend are determined to become rich and famous. They live off the land, fish, hunt, and camp. They meet hobos, drunks, wise men, hermits, and maybe an angel. Their many schemes to become rich are filled with adventures and misadventures, sometimes hazardous, often hilarious, and frequently with unintended consequences. As a teenager, he and his friends cause chaos and disturb the peace with their rowdiness, high jinks, and general orneriness, causing some people to believe that teenagers ought to be outlawed. A free, lively, often politically incorrect, and sometimes downright dangerous era, the 50s were the very best time to be young, adventurous, and daring. The possibilities were endless, boundaries often absent, and the world was waiting.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511719958
• ISBN13: 9781511719957
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"