Amos Tarr: Native Son

About the Book

AMOS TARR: Native Son is written from John Cook’s personal “you can’t make this stuff up” recollections. Witty and disarming, this novel is laugh-out-loud funny. Without question, West Virginia is different and this book shows you why. Follow Amos from one hilarious adventure to another as he pursues Louise Mayhue, the woman of his dreams. Meet Amos’ brother Tommy, a lawyer constantly searching for the big case; the old Schrader sisters and their cigarette-smoking monkey; Amos’ friend Ronnie, a genuine redneck, whose special talent is dynamite fishing. The minister, the Japanese, and many more will convince you that everything you’ve heard about West Virginia is true. It’s all here in John Cook’s wickedly funny and politically incorrect examination of life in his native state.

About the Author

John Cook was born and raised in the coalfields of southern West Virginia. He attended the University of Delaware and Boston University. His experiences in Vietnam are graphically captured in The Advisor: The Phoenix Program in Vietnam (Bantam; Schiffer). Other books include DUST OFF (Bantam), Armor at Fulda Gap (Avon), East Fork (Xlibris) and The Arrowhead Incident (Xlibris). John Cook spent twenty years in the Army as an Intelligence Officer and now spends his time writing, teaching and serving as a consultant to the US Army. He is an expert on weapons development and military strategy, having written military doctrine in unconventional warfare. Amos Tarr: Native Son is the latest major work from Mr. Cook. It is a work that returns him to his roots in his beloved West Virginia.