New book explores answers to life's many questions from author’s perspective
November 17, 2015, SAN AUGUSTINE — For author Neal Murphy, East Texans like him tend to see things from a more relaxed perspective and they are more attentive to the details given by Mother Nature. In "East Texas Serendipity - Discovering Stories, History, and Tales from an East Texan’s Perspective," (published by Xlibris) he shares some of the humorous events that happened to him over the years while living in East Texas.
This book explores the answers to life’s many questions, such as the following: Who was Sam Hill? What is Adam's off ox? What is the difference between a redneck and a good ole boy? It is a fair-to-middling, rule-of-thumb, bird-in-the-hand explanation of the questions that one have always wanted to ask but never got around to.
"This hook is for those with a curious mind and a sense of humor," Murphy says. "It covers numerous topics with a humorous look at puzzling questions about life from my very own perspective."
Murphy hopes readers will become someone who finds things unsought while reading the stories contained in "East Texas Serendipity."
"East Texas Serendipity" By Neal Murphy
Hardcover | 6 x 9in | 444 pages I ISBN 9781514409374
Softcover | 6 x 9m | 444 pages | ISBN 9781514409336
E-Book I 444 pagesl ISBN 9781514409190
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Neal Murphy resides in his birthplace of San Augustine with his wife, Clara. He has two children, Kay Fatheree, a pastor's wife now living in Freer and Douglas Murphy, a retired police officer in Burlington, North Carolina, and has five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Murphy earned his bachelor’s degree In business administration from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches and his master’s degree in general insurance from the Insurance Institute of America. He also attended Baylor University in Waco, where he studied religion courses. He is a deacon at a Baptist church, has taught Sunday school classes and directed church choirs for many years.
