MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 29, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- People can be quite whimsical when naming things. Usually, some aspect of the object catches the attention and gives an idea on how to name it. One place with an unusual moniker was the town of Killjoy. Killjoy was a little funky community about 60 miles west of Houston, Texas. Houses and shacks, about to fall down, were scattered along dusty roads in the 1930s and 1940s.
This novel by Carl Clark is a highly readable account describing how there was a three-room schoolhouse for the colored, three churches, one grocery store, and a filling station. Most of the people who lived in Killjoy were related. All of the children knew and played together. The grown-ups interacted with each other as one large family.
Someone decided to call this place Killjoy years ago. When you consider the dust snakes, weeds, sweltering heat, and the difficulty of making a living, this was enough to kill any joy. Yes, the name fit just fine, Killjoy.
Get to know an interesting side to small town American history with Carl Clark's Killjoy. Now available through www.xlibris.com.
KILLJOY * by Carl E. Clark
Publication Date: May 30, 2008
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