James A Nelson

Trouble in Towson; The Adventures of Jimmy Mac James A Nelson

The United States was a country in transition and turmoil in the year, 1969. Civil unrest resounded throughout the country as college students protested the war in Vietnam. An American astronaut stepped on the moon for the first time and Richard Nixon became President. It was the year of the Manson Family killings, Woodstock, Chappaquiddick, and the My Lai Massacre. Many communities struggled to maintain their identity amidst the changing landscape. A group of boys growing up in Towson, Maryland had no such difficulties. Shielded in their tight community, the boys bask in the innocence of youth until the reality of a changing world invades their lives. Jimmy Mac and his friends are forced to confront this evil while clinging to the pure joy of boyhood.