Ice Goes Out

ChiefTomekin was a Penobscot moccasin maker and my grandfather. Evenings would pass while stories were handeddown of olden days on Indian Island Reservation near Old Town. One thatmesmerized me was the life of Johnny Boyle, an Irishman who learned to cook onhis wood stove in the deep woods of Maine for the big paper companies in the 1930's. It took months of careful research,listening, and interviews from many of my own Native American elders, but Iwanted to get it right and recapture the forgotten time period. From Johnny Boyles' dealings with the papercompanies and lumberjacks to his relations with the Penobscot, right to thebitter end, Ice Goes Out becomesexcitingly real, historically interesting and informative, yetcaptivating. It journeys from Boston to Bangor, into the deeps woods, where a surprising cast ofcolorful characters, many true to life, await you, as told through the eyes ofan adolescent Chief Tomekin. The bondingof friends and trust versus racism, along with plenty of twists, turns andtragedies makes Ice Goes Out asenjoyable to read as it is comical and easy.I swore I would write it down someday, and Ice Goes Out is the result.