Phil Bowers was a comedian and jazz trombone player par excellence!  He also compiled jokes to use in any and all situations over his 97 years of life as a husband to wife Carolyn, a singer, and the mother of their eight children.  (And each had a sister)!His biography will be published later this year- his wife Carolyn Bowers published her biography just this past year.  But this book, written entirely by Phil, or Soupy as was his childhood nickname in his hometown of Marion, Wisconsin, is a book that you will refer to over and over, for every occasion in your life.  (And some you haven't even imagined yet). So sit back with Soupy- and SMILE!

Soupy’s Joke Book

Wade Hawkesworth receives a visit from an old friend. Pete, his young friend, had ridden over on his bicycle. He was 10 years old, just as Wade remembered him! The only problem was that Wade himself was 35 years old. That, and the fact that he also knew that his old friend Pete was dead... Wade set off in his old Ford F100 pickup truck to travel down to Pete's old house in Illinois to see what was going on. He loaded up the truck with his golden retriever dog Charlie by his side, and they set off on the backroads of southwest Wisconsin, heading to Illinois in search of answers, and to check up on his relatives. Then a wheel-less Big Rig showed up behind them, driven by a demon Hell Trucker holding an emerald that blasted beams of sorcerous doom- intent on blasting the old truck into pieces. Luckily, Wade had brought a big bore pistol along- but, would it work against the supernatural? Perhaps it would- in the Afterlife...

Driftless Afterlife - Afterlife series, #1

In this tale, detective Jess Thornton is hired by a sweet old lady to find her "handbag", containing her private possessions- her 'trifles', nothing important at all..  She gives him a string of sapphires, bright blue gemstones that turn out to be a means to time travel.Jess and his warrior friend Alexander Blackdeer wind up traveling to various times, in search of this handbag.  In 1956, they become involved with the 21 year old Elvis Presley as he prepares to perform in the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium in La Crosse.  Elvis has met a young beauty, and literally disappears with her!Jess is in a tough situation- not only does he have to make sure that "the show goes on" with Elvis not available, he has promised Elvis personally that he will make sure that it does!After this trial, he goes on the trail of both the missing handbag, and to retrieve the rock and roll icon from far back in time, in medieval Britain no less.  He and Alexander head back in time, and become involved with kingship of two different kinds!

The Queen and the King - Jess Thornton Detective, #2

King Conan's life, and that of his whole era is threatened when Thoth-Amon of the Ring sends a resurrected long dead Queen of Stygia to kill Robert E. Howard. If Queen Nephret, the beautiful one, succeeds, the Hyborian Age itself will be destroyed, and the evil god Set will reign supreme. King Conan himself, and his retinue and people, will be erased, body and soul! He must travel to Cross Plains, Texas in the early 1930's to stop this from happening. Pelias the Wizard can help him!

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