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Fred on a Date with the World

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Fred on a Date with the World by Jefferson Davis is a quirky, heartfelt, and unexpectedly mysterious tale that will keep you guessing—and smiling—until the very last page.

Fred is not your typical retiree. After seeing an obituary for a fish in The Martha’s Vineyard Times, he decides to leave his quiet California life behind and move to the island where even fish are celebrated. Six months later, Fred has charmed everyone on the Vineyard with his warm smile, homemade cookies, and strange little habits—like hiding quarters around town for strangers to find. But then, everything changes.

Fred confesses to a murder.

Chuck, Fred’s son, thought moving to Martha’s Vineyard to rebuild an old bed-and-breakfast was his chance to start over after a messy divorce. Instead, he’s thrown into a whirlwind of mystery when Fred admits to killing a woman everyone hated. But Fred isn’t a killer—or is he? Why would this sweet, harmless old man admit to such a crime?

As Chuck digs for answers, he uncovers secrets about his father, his family, and the island itself. Each twist pulls him deeper into a web of lies, loyalty, and the shadowy charm of a place that’s not as picture-perfect as it seems.

With humor, heart, and just the right amount of suspense, Fred on a Date with the World is a story about family, forgiveness, and the surprises we find when we think it’s too late for adventure. But beware—things are never as simple as they seem.

201 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 16, 2024

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Jefferson Davis

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Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American military officer, statesman, and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, serving as the President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865.

A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Both before and after his time in the Pierce Administration, he served as a U.S. Senator representing the state of Mississippi. As a senator he argued against secession but believed each state was sovereign and had an unquestionable right to secede from the Union.

Davis resigned from the Senate in January 1861, after receiving word that Mississippi had seceded from the Union. The following month, he was provisionally appointed President of the Confederate States of America and was elected to a six-year term that November. During his presidency, Davis was not able to find a strategy to defeat the more industrially developed Union, even though the south only lost roughly one soldier for every two union soldiers on the battlefield.

After Davis was captured May 10, 1865, he was charged with treason, though not tried, and stripped of his eligibility to run for public office. This limitation was posthumously removed by order of Congress and President Jimmy Carter in 1978, 89 years after his death. While not disgraced, he was displaced in Southern affection after the war by its leading general, Robert E. Lee.

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January 30, 2025
This book is pure Charm. I absolutely loved the characters, the setting and the story threw me for a loop. I did not see a lot of the twists and turns that it had. Jefferson Davis is a wonderful writer who developed beautiful quirky characters that you just fall in love with. Of course now I do have to plan a vacation this summer to Martha’s Vineyard and see all the sites and eat all the foods that are described in the book. I might have to find that Charles Inn as well. Highly recommend if you’re looking for something just really a simple pleasurable fun read with enough suspense to not let you know what’s happening next.
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