Hoot Owl Hollow

About the Book

Thirteen-year-old Jay West is happy living in the city and doing as much of nothing as he can. His young life consists mostly of riding his bike, reading comic books, hanging out with his friends and occasionally working a part time job as a paper route substitute, what he hates. His mother, who is not impressed with Jay’s lifestyle, arranges for him to spend a summer with his two elderly great uncles “up north.” Resistant at first, Jay begrudgingly agrees to try it and see what it would be like. His Uncles’ place, named Hoot Owl Hollow, is located on Lake Muckawini and near the small town of Wakanda, Wisconsin. Initially very skeptical and unimpressed with some of the primitive facilities, Jay quickly meets a number of interesting characters, makes new friends and experiences a number of new and unique experiences in the great outdoors. Young Jay ends up spending two summers at Hoot Owl Hollow, having some fun and learning about nature, fishing and a little bit about life itself.

About the Author

Jeff Jenswold was born, raised and lives in Wisconsin. He is married with two adult daughters and three grandchildren. After a career in social work as well as working a variety of part time jobs for 53 years, he is currently retired, and with his wife Chris and yellow lab C.C., divides his time between Manitowoc and Waupaca. He has developed an unusual obsession with old trucks (that he has tucked away in various places around his home and scattered around the state) and fishing. Many times, you can find him in one of his old trucks, trusty dog at his side, dragging and lugging his old aluminum fishing boat behind him in search of the next lake to fish. Other times, you may find him with family, friends or complete strangers in a disreputable establishment, watching the weather channel and swapping tall tales of a time past. This book is a work of fiction. However, all the incidents are based on events that actually occurred in earlier years. Exact times, places and some minor details have been altered but occurred (sort of). All of the characters and their names are also fictious, although they may be based on singular or a combination of characteristics of actual individuals. Lake Muckawini and the cities of Wakanda and Mendota, Wisconsin do not exist, except in the imagination of the author.