Historical Fiction with a Whimsical Twist
Jackson Tel is the author of The Chestnut Point Stories, blending fact and fiction, humor and mysticism, in historic settings with troubling social undercurrents. The storyteller writes for adult readers who enjoy reading literature for pleasure.
His stores follows the often comic, sometimes tragic lives of the Patuxent River Mann family and their ghosts, tracing them from the present back through the centuries to their first settlement in Maryland during colonial times.
The author weaves whimsy into serious social undercurrents, creating a mix of narratives full of charm, cleverness, and depth. The stories feature characters like the privileged heir apparent Jim Eberton, in 1906 Jim Crow Baltimore, who unexpectedly learns he is mixed-race, and the “Sensational Miss Jones,” a burlesque actress with difficulty reading and writing.
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