Elenore's Child

"Elenore's Child" is a coming-of-age tale filled with romance, friendship, and murder. This is the story of an intensely focused young man achieving his goals as a fishing guide, an exotic food merchant and a student of unusual fish.

This tale follows a boy from Kansas as he grows from a mumbling, humming toddler into an intense young man. Initially, he is guided by an understanding mother and a particularly peculiar, loving father. Throughout childhood's challenges, he persists with absolute focus on his goals. An old north woods Indian helps him become a gifted fishing guide, and an older gentleman introduces him to a successful career in the exotic food business. He stays grounded in sensibility, thanks to his mother and his wife, until a fateful encounter in the Amazon changes his course. An encounter with members of the drug cartel deep in the jungle provokes an act of violence with lasting repercussions.

Allan Larson is a retired exploration geologist who travels the world as a writer, photographer, fly fisherman and birder. He is also an avid conservationist and philanthropist.