A Distant Whistle: Neville, a young lad from a poor farm in WV, seeks to escape the confines of poverty. His chance comes in the form of a distant ... the youngest steamboat engineer in history.

by Kay Meredith

Young Nev dreams of being an engineer on the mighty steamboats plying the Ohio River in the early 1900s. Their haunting whistles lure him away with promises of adventure and danger, as well as escape from his abusive, poverty stricken home in Appalachia. However, guilt is Nev's frequent travelling companion as he fears that leaving the family to pursue his quest has left his younger siblings to suffer their mother's wrath. While wrestling with his personal demons, Nev must fight to survive the catastrophic events that threaten the Great Flood of 1913, World War I, and the Spanish flu pandemic. In "A Distant Whistle", author Kay Meredith plumbs the depths of ageless truths and emotions underlying family relationships and discovers new insights from which we may all benefit.

372 pages, Paperback

Published March 9, 2018