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    Fricke Island: Erie Marsh Series, #2
    Tommy Two Pockets: Erie Marsh Series, #3
    POP's: Erie Marsh Series, #1
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    Erie Marsh Series

    By M R Gerbo

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    About this series

    Tommy Two Pockets and the Posse of the Marsh starts in 1987 at the fictional Mouillee Rest Home near the Lake Erie Marshes.  The main character, Tommy Two Pockets, doesn't exactly get along with the staff and during his downtime, reflects back on his time in Black's Bay as an 11/12 year old boy in 1920, where the Posse of the Marsh is formed.

    Black's Bay is a small fishing hamlet on Lake Erie where they are terrorized by the local woodcutter who is confronted by the Posse.  It is an adventure story centered around love, loyalty, and a look into end of life issues.

    If you read POP's and Fricke Island, you wi recognize some fo the characters in this book.  It si the 3rd in the Erie Marsh series.  However, it can be read as a stand alone book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM R Gerbo
    Release dateAug 22, 2022
    Fricke Island: Erie Marsh Series, #2
    Tommy Two Pockets: Erie Marsh Series, #3
    POP's: Erie Marsh Series, #1

    Titles in the series (3)

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      POP's: Erie Marsh Series, #1
      POP's: Erie Marsh Series, #1

      POP's: Erie Marsh Series, #1

      M R Gerbo
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      Brownstown, Michigan near the marshes of Lake Erie, 1968.  A year after the Detroit riots.  Societal attitudes are changing, and the drug culture is emerging, even in this small blue-collar town.  For fourteen-year-old Mickey Pervitch, it is a time of growth, tragedy, revenge, drugs, murder, and healing with an indifferent father. Loner Mickey begins the summer, acknowledging that his dream of playing baseball won't happen again. On a whim, he takes a job as a busboy at POP's where he learns, at a young age, lessons usually reserved for adults.  He retreats to his safe place, the marsh, where his father meets him to sort out the heartbreak that drugs have brought to their family and community. Told from Mickey's perspective years later, the story cycles the reader through laughing and crying from one page to the next.  It is a deeply touching and personal tale of a father and son coming to terms with each other and the circumstances they are forced to accept.

      Brownstown, Michigan near the marshes of Lake Erie, 1968.  A year after the Detroit riots.  Societal attitudes are changing, and the drug culture is emerging, even in this small blue-collar town.  For fourteen-year-old Mickey Pervitch, it is a time of growth, tragedy, revenge, drugs, murder, and healing with an indifferent father. Loner Mickey begins the summer, acknowledging that his dream of playing baseball won't happen again. On a whim, he takes a job as a busboy at POP's where he learns, at a young age, lessons usually reserved for adults.  He retreats to his safe place, the marsh, where his father meets him to sort out the heartbreak that drugs have brought to their family and community. Told from Mickey's perspective years later, the story cycles the reader through laughing and crying from one page to the next.  It is a deeply touching and personal tale of a father and son coming to terms with each other and the circumstances they are forced to accept.

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      Fricke Island: Erie Marsh Series, #2
      Fricke Island: Erie Marsh Series, #2

      Fricke Island: Erie Marsh Series, #2

      M R Gerbo
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      1969.  Fricke Island, isolated in the marshes of the western basin of Lake Erie, is home to grumpy old Forest Fricke, a commercial Lake Erie Fisherman.  He lives with his wife Fiona and 15-year-old twins Floyd and Freddie, also known as the Fricke Tag Team Terror Squad. The Lives of the Fricke Family are transformed by outside influences and the need to survive.  For Forest, it is a tale of deep despair, and for Fiona, a tale of hope. The story covers the island's darkest days during the prohbition era to it's emergence from isolation to become a vital part of the community. In the first book of the Erie Marsh Series, POP's, where you were introduced to the Fricke Twins, the protagonist of that book, Mickey, was fishing on Lake Erie at the mouth of Wilbur Creek when the Fricke Twins chased him to the Fricke Island Compound.  That is where ths story begns from the point of view of the Fricke Twins.

      1969.  Fricke Island, isolated in the marshes of the western basin of Lake Erie, is home to grumpy old Forest Fricke, a commercial Lake Erie Fisherman.  He lives with his wife Fiona and 15-year-old twins Floyd and Freddie, also known as the Fricke Tag Team Terror Squad. The Lives of the Fricke Family are transformed by outside influences and the need to survive.  For Forest, it is a tale of deep despair, and for Fiona, a tale of hope. The story covers the island's darkest days during the prohbition era to it's emergence from isolation to become a vital part of the community. In the first book of the Erie Marsh Series, POP's, where you were introduced to the Fricke Twins, the protagonist of that book, Mickey, was fishing on Lake Erie at the mouth of Wilbur Creek when the Fricke Twins chased him to the Fricke Island Compound.  That is where ths story begns from the point of view of the Fricke Twins.

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      Tommy Two Pockets: Erie Marsh Series, #3
      Tommy Two Pockets: Erie Marsh Series, #3

      Tommy Two Pockets: Erie Marsh Series, #3

      M R Gerbo
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      Tommy Two Pockets and the Posse of the Marsh starts in 1987 at the fictional Mouillee Rest Home near the Lake Erie Marshes.  The main character, Tommy Two Pockets, doesn't exactly get along with the staff and during his downtime, reflects back on his time in Black's Bay as an 11/12 year old boy in 1920, where the Posse of the Marsh is formed. Black's Bay is a small fishing hamlet on Lake Erie where they are terrorized by the local woodcutter who is confronted by the Posse.  It is an adventure story centered around love, loyalty, and a look into end of life issues. If you read POP's and Fricke Island, you wi recognize some fo the characters in this book.  It si the 3rd in the Erie Marsh series.  However, it can be read as a stand alone book.

      Tommy Two Pockets and the Posse of the Marsh starts in 1987 at the fictional Mouillee Rest Home near the Lake Erie Marshes.  The main character, Tommy Two Pockets, doesn't exactly get along with the staff and during his downtime, reflects back on his time in Black's Bay as an 11/12 year old boy in 1920, where the Posse of the Marsh is formed. Black's Bay is a small fishing hamlet on Lake Erie where they are terrorized by the local woodcutter who is confronted by the Posse.  It is an adventure story centered around love, loyalty, and a look into end of life issues. If you read POP's and Fricke Island, you wi recognize some fo the characters in this book.  It si the 3rd in the Erie Marsh series.  However, it can be read as a stand alone book.

    Author

    M R Gerbo

    M.R. Gerbo grew up in Michigan near the western basin of Lake Erie and spent much of his youth fishing and exploring the inland marshes. His career as a business executive took him to Iowa for most of his adult life. He now lives in Florida with his pretty wife of 47 years, Dr. Joan. He has always considered himself a writer and can now capitalize on the joy he finds in the written word. When not on his lanai writing, he can be found on the pickleball courts, in his wood shop, or playing with his band, the North Loop 4tet.

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