To complicate matters even further, Art becomes smitten with fair volunteer, Jenny Glen. ![]() While Art's feature articles win him welcome bylines, he becomes even more determined to stop the sham, before it is too late. As Art interviews fairgoers, volunteers, and leaders, he unearths a conspiracy to hide the truth from the public until an agreement can be arranged between the county and a trucking firm. When veteran reporter Art James is sent to investigate, he immediately delves into a case that will take him six days and hopefully provide him with a much-coveted feature story byline.īob soon learns that the county is interested in selling the fairgrounds and that there are as many proponents as opponents to the sale. It is 1967 when a feud begins that could lead to the death of the one-hundred-year-old Chesterton county fair. Mark Christopher is the tale of one man's faithful journey through poverty and war and tragedy and opposition as he searches for his destiny and meaning in his life. But when he shuns church leaders' advice and leads a group of black migrants to integrate the county fair, Mark is thrown in jail where he is forced to reflect on his life, his choices, and whether what has been done can be undone. After he accepts a student pastorate position in a nearby church, he falls in love and marries. Although Mark applies, he secretly believes he is unsuited. Despite their religious differences, their friendship continues as Mark is offered a post-graduate scholarship contingent upon his admission to the ministry. While enrolled in college, he befriends a Wallabot Indian who unsuccessfully tries to save Mark's soul. To please them, Mark is baptized in a Baptist church. When the war in Europe ends, Mark's sister sends him to live with their grandmother and her son. First, his parents die and then his brother while serving in the Pacific. Instead, he must face one tragedy after the other as war looms. Īs Mark Christopher grows up in a small railroad town during the Great Depression, he dreams of doing something special with his life. Book Feature: Until Next Time by Nictoria Robbins.Cover Reveal: Something Foul at Sweetwater by Sand.Book Blast: Visions in the Dark by Iain Morrison.Book Blast: Exploding the Big Bang Theory by Josep.Guest blog from Christiane Banks, author of Amelia.Book Feature: Saving Jesus by Ralph William Ausman.Cover Reveal: Lord of the Mountains by Sabrina Jarema.Book Feature: A World Between by Robert M.Book Feature: Unloved Again by Elan Golomb.Book Feature: For the Love of I by Patsy Jawo.Book Feature: The Crossroads of Space and Time by.Book Feature: The Last County Fair by Stan Matthews. ![]()
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