Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy

The author begs to state that whatever is contained in this modest volume has been written in a spirit of the broadest goodfellowship, and with malice toward none. He has met odd and entertaining people in all quarters of the world and has brought them together in "Tamawaca Folks" merely that he might weave them into his little romance, and with no thought of being in any way personal. Therefore, since these are many and variant types and can have no individuality for that reason, the writer begs his reader not to attempt to fit any of the fictitious characters to living persons, lest your neighbor try to fit one of my masquerade costumes to you-which would be an impertinence I am sure you would not like. The temptation, I admit, is natural, because the people portrayed are all human and even their composites have prototypes in nearly every locality. But desist, I entreat you.

Author: John Estes Cooke
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/22/2015
Pages: 68
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.14d
ISBN13: 9781516979059
ISBN10: 1516979052
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Humorous | General

About the Author
Published under the pseudonym John Estes Cooke, Tamawaca Folks: A Summer Comedy is an autobiographical account of Baum's time spent in Macatawa Park, Michigan. After the success of Father Goose: His Book, Baum purchased a Michigan summer home that he nicknamed "the Sign of the Goose." Shortly after spending the first summer in his new home, Baum and other members of the Macatawa Park, Michigan community found themselves in the middle of corrupt local politics. Local developers and community organizers built summer cottages in the middle of public streets, subsequently charging current residents unreasonable fees and allowing the electrical and sewer systems to ruin. The novel tells the story of Jarrod, a Kansas City lawyer who comes to town for the summer and learns quickly of the community leaders' corrupt ways. Jarrod organizes the homeowners into a small resistance and effectively cleans up the town. The evil community leaders were based on the chief stockholders in the town, Fred Colby and E. C. Westervelde. Jarrod was based on Basil P. Finley, an actual lawyer from Kansas City who led the resistance in 1906.

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