Jack Madison

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Picture a small town in Illinois in the 1950's. Tree lined streets tranquil evenings drinking lemonade on the front porch a Major League baseball game on the radio while kids chase lightning bugs. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The picture is shattered into a million pieces as one talented young man and his teammates undergo life changing societal events similar to those facing towns all across America today. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The story told through the eyes of baseball details the life of Jack Madison from the age of 10 to 17 and his relationship with his black baseball mentor Fred Jenkins. Fred originally from Mississippi was spotted playing in a Negro baseball league by a scout from the New York Giants and was an early signee after Jackie Robinson. He played seven years in the minor leagues before retiring and moving to Fairmont to manage all the towns baseball activities. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Jack Madison in many ways is your typical young person growing up in the 1950's. He is passionate about baseball. Sometimes headstrong and a bit of a showoff Jack's charismatic personality attracts those he meets. All Jack wants to do is play baseball win and support others in playing the game. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Fred recognized Jack's potential at an early age and began to mold him to become leader and outstanding player. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Follow Jack Fred Jenkins Jack's family his teammates and the town as Jack's personality and above-average talent land him in events where he learns life's lessons that will shape his life and the life of those around him. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Experience the golden age of the fifties. The transition from radio to television Rock and Roll the exploding economy the establishment of the first suburban home communities mothers changing role and the excitement of America's pastime baseball. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Technology is moving at supersonic speeds communications are immediate sometimes with unthought-of consequences many forms of social media tend to make us judgmental and personal relationships are more difficult with electronics creating barriers between us. </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Jack Madison </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>was written to provide young adults or all others an avenue to experience a series of life lessons that can be transferred and absorbed in today's culture. </span></p>