Bøger af Jerry Johnson

Essays, short stories, and poems about life in a rural county of the upper Midwest. An old curmudgeon pontificates on a changing world and reports his adventures and misadventures with farm chores, bird dogs, bird hunting, and a group of hunting companions who call themselves The Over the Hill Gang.

An uninsured American experiencing a medical emergency is 52% more likely to die in a hospital ER than the privately insured. In today's badly broken American medical system the news gets worse daily, and the number of U.S. citizens adversely affected continues to skyrocket begging the question, what would happen to you if suddenly hospitalized for a life threatening medical emergency? As a 25-year veteran TV reporter, Jerry Johnson had written stories about everything from Olympic glory to the untimely deaths of famous friends. Never, did he think he would write a book about an uninsured medical emergency that nearly cost his own life. On a cool, December evening Jerry found himself among the more than 40-million Americans working full time yet completely uninsured. On a Monday evening, minutes after arriving home, he inexplicably began vomiting blood and lost consciousness. He was rushed to a hospital where it was believed life saving treatment would be imminent. When told he was uninsured, the hospital staff placed him in a room and left him in the care of a single nurse and his fiance', a 20 year veteran RN. There would be no doctor and no significant medical intervention for more than 14 hours. By morning, Jerry had lost nearly all the blood in his body and his organs began to fail one after another. His children were told he would die and gathered to say their goodbyes. The woman Jerry had long thought to be his ex-wife appeared with an evil smile and a secret life-insurance policy, gleefully telling his fiance' their divorce had never been final. Add the indifference of a public hospital administration with a reputation, born of a $700 million dollar judgment in a Federal medical malpractice suit, and the result is a harrowing medical and personal drama captured in the pages of this true and tragic story. Jerry discovered first hand, money means more to some hospitals than a single human life. The frightening truth is, it could happen to anyone.

A collection of tales, essays, short stories, and poems about the land, wildlife, people, communities, and lore of the North Country of the Upper Midwest.

A bird hunter recounts fifty years of bird dog memories in his short stories, essays, and poems.

Old Coots never forget -- not the important things in life, anyway... They remember great days afield with good hunting companions and great bird dogs, and they like to tell their stories about the most memorable times -- days of joy or sadness, laughter or tears . All the important stuff. "Old Coots Never Forget" is a collection of 37 of these stories by an old curmudgeon in the North Country who remembers it all.

"You can ask just about anybody in town about the Pine County Rod, Gun, Dog and Social Club and probably the first thing they will tell you is that the five of us are a bunch of worthless bird hunters that spend all of October in the woods with our dogs and shotguns. Which is more-or-less true, although we would not agree with the worthless part, because anyone who is a real bird hunter would say it is about the most worthwhile thing in life. "Now I know family should be first on your list, but there are times when any man alive will tell you that your wife and kids make this family-is-always-first business a blister on your heel because she wants all your free time and every dollar of your money, and they want all of your attention even on days when you have got important things to do. And if you think your wife is going to show any appreciation, well you can just forget that and expect that you will get no respect and be treated like her hired man or something no matter what you do. "But your dogs will never treat you like that. Even on the days you don't find any birds or you shoot bad or you get lost or get caught in the rain, they still have a good time and they still like you, and they like whatever you fix for lunch." If you enjoy outdoor humor stories you will enjoy "Hunting Birds," a tale of a rural county murder mystery woven around the lives of the Pine County Rod, Gun, Dog and Social Club whose misadventures are ribald, sincere, cynical, hilarious, and heartwarming.

In this celebrated book, UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A SADDLE, award-winning poet Jerry Johnson has created a universal memoir of life experiences. Animals, the natural world around us, people, first loves, loss, joy, and so much more breathes in his poetry full of treasured images. The words portray life on many levels, the images stay with you, and there is a feeling of kinship with what is described. It is a joy to read this book, and to give it as a gift to others that will be treasured forever. Sixteen of the book's 99 poems were beautifully set to music by Jon Gailmor and Pete Sutherland, two of Vermont's most beloved and legendary troubadours. A CD of those songs is available on the poet's website vtpoet.com.

A new collection of essays and short stories about bird hunting, deer hunting, fishing, dog training, and life in the rural North Country by its resident curmudgeon, the Crazy Old Coot. Fourth in the series of books that includes 'Crazy Old Coot, ' ' Old Coots Never Forget, ' 'Coots Stews, ' and the latest: 'A Limit of Coot.' The members of the Over the Hill Gang are featured in adventures (and misadventures) and shares their observations and sage advice on the pursuit of the outdoor spor

Robert Smithson is the FBI's worst nightmare, a biochemist trained in developing weapons of mass destruction - and crazy enough to let those bugs and toxins loose on the President of the United States. Can Bill Peterson, the FBI's lead agent on the case, stop this madman's plan to recreate the biblical plagues of Egypt and use them against the government? This exciting thriller plays out as a deadly cat and mouse game between an unhinged genius and the dedicated agent trying to catch the terrorist before he kills again. And then the stakes get higher for Peterson as the killer decides to come after the FBI agent and his family...

Crazy Old Coot is a collection of essays about bird hunting, bird dogs, and bird guns, memoirs, social and political commentary, and other pieces of creative non-fiction. Written by a confessed curmudgeon, the stories are glimpses of life and hunting in the north country, ranging from humorous to heart-breaking, capturing the passion, spirit and rewards of days afield with good dogs and good friends.

America has outsourced its criminal justice system, and the professional executioner of the Bureau of Justice and Corrections Services is the paladin of corporate law enforcement. Termination Operative Sean Callahan is a 12-year veteran with the BJCS in a dystopian Chicago in 2045. The Bureau's best TO, and its most troublesome, he is unwillingly paired with a young but street-hardened rookie, Abril Desanya, to teach her the skills of the executioner's trade, and their antagonistic relationship develops into a guarded love affair. Callahan violates BJCS protocol to investigate a troubling termination and discovers evidence of pervasive corruption - putting his life, and Desanya's, in peril.

An African adventure like no other. At the start of the 20th century the British East Africa Protectorate is a beautiful but savage country. A veneer of civilization overlays a prehistoric land where a man stays alive "by dint of his courage, daring, cunning, and ferocity," and can make a fortune smuggling ivory, gold and slaves from the jungles of the Congo to the black markets in Zanzibar. Two American hunters, Kincaid and Gunner, are tossed back a hundred years in time and find themselves lost on East Africa's Athi Plain where mischance - or great good fortune - makes them masters of a smugglers' caravan on trek from the shores of Lake Victoria to the Uganda Railway at Nairobi, laden with £20,000 worth ($2.5 million) of illicit ivory, gold, and slaves. To free the seventy natives held as slaves, they must survive assaults by askari military police, Arab slavers from Oman, Kavirondo tribal warriors, hired thugs in the streets of Mombasa, a lion's mauling, and the mysterious wiles of a fierce and beautiful Baluba woman.

The convicted psychopath Robert Smithson has escaped from St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C., and is again attempting to kill the current president. This time he surrounds himself with a crew of anti-government fanatics, and together they plan on releasing a bioweapon over Camp David in Maryland.Bill Peterson, the FBI agent who was Smithson's nemesis the first time the terrorist tried to attack the government (see the book SEVEN), is once more trying to stop Smithson before he can attack. Can Peterson capture Smithson before he kills again? Or will Smithson's drones succeed in wiping out the top echelon of the U.S. government?Smithson decides to turn his attention toward getting rid of the FBI agent who is getting too good at guessing the terrorist's next move. This is a cat and mouse game, but who is the cat, and who is the mouse? This exciting thriller, with non-stop action, will keep you awake all night!

A combination of Irish whiskey, testosterone and dares has produced some strange dinners in hunting camp over the years, but the Over the Hill Gang has never eaten a coot stew in the literal sense. This collection of essays, "Coot Stews," is not a cookbook. It is a mishmash of stories, memoirs, remembrances, rants, tips on the hows and whys of hunting, and reflections on life in a rural community in the Upper Midwest. Some of the tales are humorous, some serious, some caustic and critical, but all are based on the writer's love for the North Country, hunting companions, bird dogs, bird guns, and the values and ethic that have shaped his outlook on life. Following the style of his previous books "Crazy Old Coot" and "Old Coots Never Forget," these stories are some of his best "stews."

Scrawny Dog. Hungry Cat, and Fat Rat pledge to be friends when they meet in the City. They meet challenges and adventures that test their friendship and their loyalty when they discover The Three-Story House and dozens of other animal "frienemies" in a story that young readers will relate to and enjoy. Humor and life lessons abound. Written for middle grade readers, the book can be enjoyed by children age six through teenage years.

The North Koreans decide to bomb both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, to throw the United States into disarray by wiping out the leaders from both parties. The Koreans create radiological dispersal devices (RDDs), and with Iranian help smuggle the bombs into the United States. Domestic terrorists then disguise the bombs and hide them near the convention centers where the two political parties will meet to choose their candidates. Can the FBI, led by Chicago's new Special Agent in Charge Bill Peterson, find the bombs and disarm them before two cities are destroyed? The tension mounts as the conventions get closer on the calendar...

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