Do Angels Have Big Ears?

The Quabalaka Mountain Range is bounded on one side by the mighty Quabalaka River ( Cherokee for "big fish") and on the other by mountains so high that the early settlers, who looked up and saw them disappear into the clouds proclaimed the area to be the "very foot of heaven." This are the funny, happy, tragic and sometimes poignant tales of those who lived and died in Sweetgum County. A myriad of lovable characters who, whether they deserved it or not, were blessed by an angel--a four-legged one.

SAY HELLO TO THE FOLKS FROM SWEETGUM COUNTY! The Quabalaka Mountain Range is bounded on the north and west by the mighty Quabalaka River ( Cherokee for "big fish" ) and on the south by mountains so high that the early settlers, who looked up and saw them disappear into the clouds, proclaimed the area to be the "vey foot of heaven." This novel is a patchwork of the funny, happy, tragic and sometimes poignant tales of the generations who have lived and died in this area. their stories, tied together, form one inspiring adventure. The tale begins with John Edgar Salt, a mountain-flower grandson of Sweetgum County's most prominent bootlegger during the early thirties and makes it;s way from the depression throughout post-World War II. It is peppered with a myriad of lovable characters who, whether they deserved it or not, were blessed by and angel---a four-legged one.

B.J. Jones was born in the Cumberland Mountain area of southern Kentucky, a region not unlike the fictitious place he writes about. Having spent his entire career in advertising, culminating as Senior Vice President and Executive Creative director of J. Walter Thompson / Chicago, he is now spending his elder years writing about God and the people he loves.