JR Collins, author of The Boy Who Danced with Rabbits, is acquired by Loiacono Literary Agency

JR Collins, author of The Boy Who Danced with Rabbits, is acquired by Loiacono Literary Agency!

JR Collins

JR Collins was raised in the valley he so passionately writes about. An ancestor of the first pilgrims to the area, he proudly claims heritage and roots through the people of the Appalachian Mountains that settled in the Choestoe Valley sometime in the latter part of the 1700’s. Born in 1962, he grew up hunting and running the ridges of Choestoe. This time in the woods gave him a great respect for a people who could live and prosper in those elements, and so a story was born. A fascination with Cherokee artifacts from a young age developed his insatiable curiosity for the history that played out in the mountains of North Georgia concerning the removal of the Cherokee nation, a horrible and most despicable time in the history of America as a country. As a writer, Mr. Collins wanted to leave a legacy of knowledge, of how life was lived when their family first came to Choestoe and developed friendships with the local people, the Cherokee, and how each came to depend on the friendship of the other. The recession of 2008 provided an opportune time to sit and write, so The Boy Who Danced with Rabbits became a reality. With the gift of storytelling, a novel came to be when pen was put to paper by an absolute rookie, whose professional writing career blossomed on the banks of Lake Chatuge covering the Fourth of July Boat Parade for the local paper in 2012. Marriage and two children provided the inspiration, and the mountains their wisdom, through which respect for a people done wrong, and for a God who loves everyone, could be nurtured through his words. https://loiaconoliteraryagency.com/jr-collins Represented by Jeanie Loiacono

The Boy Who Danced with Rabbits

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A peace was felt for many years in the Southern Appalachian Mountains following the American Revolution and the creation of America. A time when settlers and native Cherokee lived somewhat of a peaceful and enjoyable life amongst one another. Families married into families; a community was building of sorts throughout the mountains of what is now North Georgia. Friendships and dependencies were formed on one another to maintain a civilized society. The Creek moved on and the Indian wars ceased. The native Cherokee became the principal nation and desired peace. It was a time when boys, both immigrant and native, could be boys, exploring the adventures the mountains had for them. This is the story of Jeb Collins of the Choestoe Valley, and Wolf, a native Cherokee Indian of purebred descent who also called the valley home, and their adventures on the ridges, hollers and streams of a land time was holding still.