Bøger af Johan Wijngaarden

Here are my stories!Events and incidents. About my childhood and school life. About my job and my family; My travels abroad. About sports (soccer and running) and about music (Blues). Not too serious and not too difficult. Always short. Some are even very short. Illustrated and with a sense of my (Dutch) humor. English is not my native tongue; I did my utmost to avoid misspellings. I selected 40 stories (including 3 bonus stories from my book "A BLUES LIFE") just enough for another book. This Book!

I am born, raised and live in Friesland, in the Netherlands. When the BLUES struck me in 1972, I was 21 years of age. Now I am 65. This paperback is about those more than 40 years in between.A BLUES LIFE part 1, with 12 stories from a Dutch point of view andA BLUES LIFE Part 2, directly from Mississippi, U.S.A., -A DUTCHMAN IN THE DELTA- covers 14 stories.I cannot read a musical note, sing, nor play a piano or a guitar. But I wrote about it: In this book you will find 25 true, short, illustrated (many of them humorous!) stories about the Blues and Boogie Woogie, that devilish music.English is not my native tongue. I have done my utmost to avoid mistakes

Mijn 4e(!!!!) boek omvat 50 verhalen over favoriete gebeurtenissen en voorvallen: Mijn eerste gedachten, jeugd, schoolleven, werk en mijn familie. Reizen naar het buitenland, sport (voetbal, hardlopen, honkbal) en (natuurlijk!) Blues en Boogie Woogie!

Events and incidents again. About my childhood (as far back as 1958!) and school life. About my job and my family; My travels abroad. About sports (football (soccer) and running) and about music (Blues and boogie woogie). It is the "follow up" of "Ghost Runner".Not too serious and not too difficult. Always short. Some are even very short. Illustrated and with a sense of my (Dutch) humor. English is not my native tongue; I did my utmost to avoid misspellings. I selected 45 stories (and 3 bonus stories from my book "A BLUES LIFE" and another 3 from "GHOST RUNNER") just enough for a book. This Book!

Looking in the rear-view mirror. No matter how you look at it, I am 73 of age this year. In a human life this definately means to look back over your shoulder or in the rear-view mirror. But still driving, there is a future to look forward to; to enjoy, to take up as a chalance and to make use of the chances! Writing and reading is as a sunrise! It brightens your mind and your day! My 4th(!!!!) book captures 60 stories about favourite events and incidents: My first thoughts, childhood, school life, job(s) and my family. Traveling abroad, sports (football means soccer here!), running, baseball) and (of course!) Blues and Boogie Woogie! All in the best of my English!

A BLUES LIFE I am born and raised in Friesland, in the North of the Netherlands. When the BLUES struck me in 1972, I was 21 years of age. Now I am 65. This paperback is about those over forty years in between. A BLUES LIFE part 1, with 11 stories from a Dutch point of view and A BLUES LIFE part 2, directly from Mississippi in the deep south of the U.S.A. -A Dutchman in the Delta- covers 14 stories. I cannot read a musical note, sing, nor play a piano or a guitar. But I wrote about it: In this book you will find 25 true, short stories about the Blues and Boogie Woogie, that devilish music. English is not my native tongue. I have done my utmost to avoid mistakes.

I am born and raised in Friesland, in the North of the Netherlands. When the BLUES struck me in 1972, I was 21 years of age. Now I am 65. This paperback is about those over forty years in between. A BLUES LIFE part 1, with 10 stories from a Dutch point of view and A BLUES LIFE part 2, directly from Mississippi in the deep south of the U.S.A. -A Dutchman in the Delta- covers 13 stories. I cannot read a musical note, sing, nor play a piano or a guitar. But I wrote about it: In this book you will find 25 true, short stories about the Blues and Boogie Woogie, that devilish music. English is not my native tongue. I have done my utmost to avoid mistakes.