Jim Mortensen: 2 books
Minimum Competency
A Novel About Education, Testing, Life, and Death in Upstate New York
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
In Snyders Corners, a small dot on the western rim of New Yorks Catskill Mountains, life is tough. Jobs are scarce, money is tight, and the best part of education is the state-ranked basketball team.
Jimmy Kalid, a ninth-grade English teacher at Kaaterskill Central School in the areas centralized...
Railroad (Double) Crossing: a Novel
A Skirmish in the Lionel Vs Mth Train War
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
As the twentieth century turned to the twenty-first, there was a civil war raging in the toy train hobby between those who ran and/or collected O-gauge toy trains. The icon of the hobby, Lionel LLC, was being challenged by an upstart company, Mikes Train House (MTH), for the minds, hearts and pocketbooks...