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The Ghost Cow

by Shon M. Whitney

31 pages; saddle stitched; catalogue #03-2216; ISBN 1-4120-1839-0; US$17.50, C$20.00, EUR14.50, £10.00

An enchanting story of a boy's love for his pet cow leads to the ultimate sacrifice and creates a legend that still haunts a small Virginia town.

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About the Book For over 5 decades, every full moon the children of Marshall Virginia have heard the spooky klanging of a mysterious cow bell. The Ghost Cow is a story of a young farm boy named Bud that falls in love with a white new born calf he names Milky. Their love for one another becomes the stuff of legends when one of them makes the ultimate sacrifice to save the other.

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About the Author

I currently reside in Virginia and Utah and have been coming to Marshall, Virginia for almost 16 years. I am married and have 5 children who love to spend their summers in the woods of Central Virginia. We have lived all over the world including Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. I am currently full time employed as a General Manager for one of the world's great companies: Tahitian Noni International.

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Sample Excerpts

Then as if on cue all the bugs stopped. A spooky silence poured over the valley and I began to shake as if I were cold. Just as I was about to suggest that it was way past my bed time and no 5 year old should be up this hour, I heard it. I will never forget that sound, " Klang, Klang, Klang."

Bud would ride him to school and then Milky would patiently wait outside in the pasture next to the school to give Bud a ride home. Just about everyone in the county knew Bud and Milky.

Bud knew his only chance was to stop the train. As the massive locomotive rounded the corner Bud could feel the tracks under his feet start to rumble. Bud ran forward of Milky towards the train and began to wave his arms wildly and scream for the train to stop. As the light from the trains headlamp illuminated the desperate situation on the tracks, the train engineer went pale. Jamming the brakes and blasting the horn the engineer knew the train would not stop in time.

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Catalogue Information

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