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The Boogie Trapp
Something happened to two boys over sixty years ago. The backwoods of Alabama in the 1940s set the stage for this edge of your seat thriller. Boogie and Trapper are best friends, known about town for their wild, annoying, obnoxious, and hysterically funny antics. Roaming the woods, swimming in the creek, playing Double Dare, smoking, cussing, drinking beer, and always trying to outdo each other. These two thirteen-year-old boys growing up in this time period have freedoms that would be considered absolutely crazy by today's standards. Riding their bikes on a drizzly April day, goofing off and having fun for hours, looking forward to the boy/girl party they are excitedly anticipating later today, rumors of kissing games and more make them silly and giddy. Then the day goes terribly wrong. They have found themselves in a desperate "no way out" situation. They are thrown into a horrific event that moves faster than a speeding bullet, a wild, white knuckled roller coaster ride, RUN Boogie, RUN, RUN................ A suspenseful, scary thriller, tragically horrific, it is a story that must be told, a promise that must be kept. Their lives will be changed forever - can they get away, and will they ever live to tell the tale?
364 pages, Paperback
First published September 10, 2013
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About the author
Kerry Copeland Smith
3 books57 followersKerry Copeland Smith is the pseudonym of Harold (Hal) W. Brewer and also his alter-ego, Brewer will readily confess. “He was there waiting for me when they pulled me from my mother’s womb,” Brewer laughingly says. “Boogie is older, smarter, tougher and more daring, so I have been very fortunate to have had him around all these years.”
Brewer, the youngest of four children, grew up in the small town of Bradford, Alabama, where his father was employed as a coal miner. His mother, a “stay at home mom,” was an accomplished seamstress, an avid reader, and strict disciplinarian, who “kept close tabs on me,” Brewer states.
Brewer attended Mortimer Jordan High in Morris, Alabama and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He was hired by Montgomery Ward Co. in 1964 and spent the next 32 years as an executive, in both their Retail and Logistics’ division. After retiring from the retail business in 1996, he formed his own Real Estate Investment Co., which he managed until fully retiring in 2008.
“Boogie was there with me every step of the way,” Brewer says. “When things weren’t right and the going was tough, I called on Boogie and things got straightened out!”
Brewer is also an accomplished artist. His paintings hang in numerous homes throughout the south. He currently lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife Tammie and their 3 cats. He has two sons (from a previous marriage), three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Brewer, the youngest of four children, grew up in the small town of Bradford, Alabama, where his father was employed as a coal miner. His mother, a “stay at home mom,” was an accomplished seamstress, an avid reader, and strict disciplinarian, who “kept close tabs on me,” Brewer states.
Brewer attended Mortimer Jordan High in Morris, Alabama and the University of Alabama in Birmingham. He was hired by Montgomery Ward Co. in 1964 and spent the next 32 years as an executive, in both their Retail and Logistics’ division. After retiring from the retail business in 1996, he formed his own Real Estate Investment Co., which he managed until fully retiring in 2008.
“Boogie was there with me every step of the way,” Brewer says. “When things weren’t right and the going was tough, I called on Boogie and things got straightened out!”
Brewer is also an accomplished artist. His paintings hang in numerous homes throughout the south. He currently lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife Tammie and their 3 cats. He has two sons (from a previous marriage), three grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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October 31, 2014
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There's something fascinating about reading The Boogie Trapp. Maybe its because of its time setting or the fact tht its about a secret that was buried long time ago... and its based on true events.
That's what pushed me to read this book. From the Prologue, I was instantly hooked. I was tempted to skip some chapters so I can finally KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I wanna know what is the secret that Trapp and Boogie hid for a very long time. Now that one of them decided to tell the tale, I feel privileged. I also wasn't disappointed of what the BIG secret is because.. well, yeah, its big! And I guess one of the biggest aspect here that need to be focused on is the friendship between Trapp and Boogie. It really was great to watch how it all started and tested.
I gave it a 3 because I think the book might still need a little adjustment. The way the author described and wrote it was great. You can really see the picture and feel it. But there were some things that I find to be unnecessary and a bit repetitive.
Overall, The Boogie Trapp is an enjoyable read. If you want a deep and cozy read with part mystery and part thriller, this book suits you!!
There's something fascinating about reading The Boogie Trapp. Maybe its because of its time setting or the fact tht its about a secret that was buried long time ago... and its based on true events.
That's what pushed me to read this book. From the Prologue, I was instantly hooked. I was tempted to skip some chapters so I can finally KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. I wanna know what is the secret that Trapp and Boogie hid for a very long time. Now that one of them decided to tell the tale, I feel privileged. I also wasn't disappointed of what the BIG secret is because.. well, yeah, its big! And I guess one of the biggest aspect here that need to be focused on is the friendship between Trapp and Boogie. It really was great to watch how it all started and tested.
I gave it a 3 because I think the book might still need a little adjustment. The way the author described and wrote it was great. You can really see the picture and feel it. But there were some things that I find to be unnecessary and a bit repetitive.
Overall, The Boogie Trapp is an enjoyable read. If you want a deep and cozy read with part mystery and part thriller, this book suits you!!
September 3, 2019
I gotta admit, I really enjoyed this book. It's full of crude and sometimes vulgar language but I do believe people actually talk like this so it worked for me. Boogie and Trapper are teenage best friends living in a southern coal mining town in Alabama in the 1940's. They are wild and full of piss and vinegar always looking for trouble. They think about sports and girls and smoke too much for thirteen year olds. On the day of a big party that they are both looking forward to they make the mistake of getting in to a car with a drifter to help him pull his truck out of the mud. He is to pay them five dollars for their help. From then on its a race for survival. This book has been described as Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer meet Deliverance and I think that's a fair comparison. It kept my attention, had interesting and well described characters and had some great humor thrown in for good measure. Recommended, but watch out if cussing gets your panties in a bunch.
October 21, 2013
The Boogie Trapp by Kerry Copeland Smith
Well. If you were around in April 9, 1949 (which I’m betting most of you were not!) what were you doing? Where did you live? Did you have very close friends that you would do anything for and vice versa? Well, meet Boogie and Trapp (aka Kerry Copeland Smith and Charlie Trapper) they lived in Black Creek, Alabama – Coal Country. The guys are 13, just learning to like girls, talk back and joke loudly. They were typical teenagers looking for fun and money to have fun with.
Which is why, when Bill (Donkey Bill) Brady offers them a job they all but fly into his car. $5.00! A whole world awaits them! If only they hadn’t…..
Mr. Smith has written this book to let out when happened on April 9, 1949. It wasn’t fun, it certainly wasn’t legal and all this time he kept his promise to Trapp. He didn’t start writing until after Trapp passed away. I’m sure it was cleansing for him and well it should have been but it is a tale told in a friendly way, Southern speech, black friends and white, Coal Camps weren’t that bad if you lived there; but hell if you lived in town and looked down on everyone.
If you love the South, warts and all, 1940s, and some violence which absolutely is part of this story get this book. But make plans to take a day off when you start reading it because you won’t be able to put it down.
Well. If you were around in April 9, 1949 (which I’m betting most of you were not!) what were you doing? Where did you live? Did you have very close friends that you would do anything for and vice versa? Well, meet Boogie and Trapp (aka Kerry Copeland Smith and Charlie Trapper) they lived in Black Creek, Alabama – Coal Country. The guys are 13, just learning to like girls, talk back and joke loudly. They were typical teenagers looking for fun and money to have fun with.
Which is why, when Bill (Donkey Bill) Brady offers them a job they all but fly into his car. $5.00! A whole world awaits them! If only they hadn’t…..
Mr. Smith has written this book to let out when happened on April 9, 1949. It wasn’t fun, it certainly wasn’t legal and all this time he kept his promise to Trapp. He didn’t start writing until after Trapp passed away. I’m sure it was cleansing for him and well it should have been but it is a tale told in a friendly way, Southern speech, black friends and white, Coal Camps weren’t that bad if you lived there; but hell if you lived in town and looked down on everyone.
If you love the South, warts and all, 1940s, and some violence which absolutely is part of this story get this book. But make plans to take a day off when you start reading it because you won’t be able to put it down.
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