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Hail, Cigaros!
The island republic of Cigaros faces ruin when magnate Prescott Bullard, Junior vows to end the financial support given by his late father. Bullard Junior dispatches the underperforming Warren Hornsby to deliver the bad news. Smitten with the island's eccentric customs (as well as with the daughter of the brothel owner), Hornsby realizes that he wants to stay on Cigaroseven as an American warship looms on the horizon. The confrontation that ensues will test the mettle of the fledgling republic, its proud citizens, and perhaps most of all, Hornsby himself.
274 pages, Paperback
Published April 5, 2016
About the author
Jack Young
2 books1 followerJack Young grew up in the Olneyville section of Providence, a turbulent mix of proud cultures. He slogged through twelve years of parochial schooling, emerging unimpressed and unconvinced. Like many city kids he was drawn to the idea of the country life, graduating from the University of Rhode Island with a degree in agriculture.
Young’s path has been enjoyably erratic, moving from the secure but stifling embrace of Civil Service (Soil Conservation) to small-town cop, to crop management, which is touched on in his book Faraway Green. A time spent selling cars gave him valuable lessons in human behavior that he carries to this day. Young’s travels have, by choice, centered on the lesser Caribbean islands, some real, some whimsical, as found in his book Hail Cigaros!, a Kirkus featured review selection.
Jack Young lives with his wife, a social worker, on an underperforming mini-farm in eastern Connecticut. He now devotes full time to writing after giving up teaching chemistry, and is currently in the final stages of book number three … as yet untitled.
Young’s path has been enjoyably erratic, moving from the secure but stifling embrace of Civil Service (Soil Conservation) to small-town cop, to crop management, which is touched on in his book Faraway Green. A time spent selling cars gave him valuable lessons in human behavior that he carries to this day. Young’s travels have, by choice, centered on the lesser Caribbean islands, some real, some whimsical, as found in his book Hail Cigaros!, a Kirkus featured review selection.
Jack Young lives with his wife, a social worker, on an underperforming mini-farm in eastern Connecticut. He now devotes full time to writing after giving up teaching chemistry, and is currently in the final stages of book number three … as yet untitled.
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