Franklin Lafayette King

A Time of Sycamore Trees Franklin Lafayette King

When elementary school teacher John Percy Yorktown attempts to avoid the draft during World War II, he finds himself painting barns in northeast Texas. This odyssey is forced upon him after he makes a scene at the Fox Theatre during a matinee Western. After purchasing a Model T van from a barn painter, he is at last free until he meets the beautiful wife of the elementary school principal. The unsettling events of his life are inseparable from those of the nation and the rural landscape of Texas. A Time of Sycamore Trees is a book written from the heart.