Old Money

By Gerald Brence

Three young boys obtain jobs working for an old farmer in Eastern Kansas. Their first assignment together is to haul a trailer full of cattle across an old, worn out bridge. They tag each other with the nicknames of Runt, Mule and Kid. Those nicknames become their identities forever.

Soon, they band together to t

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gerald Brence
• Release date: Sep 25, 2020
• ISBN: 9781952648175

Gerald Brence

Gerald Brence. Old Money is his third novel. His first novel, Ox in the Culvert, is a historical fiction story about the California Gold Rush. His second novel, Agent 49, is also a historical fiction novel. It is about a master thief who is recruited by the government to spy on a plot to commit one of the greatest crimes of the century. His first book, The 70-3- Split, is non-fiction. It is about high school football.

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