Five-year-old Tim Jacobson's life takes a sudden turn when he is separated from his infant sister and is taken to live with his aunt, uncle and two children. Deprived of love and comfort while growing up, the boy feels alienated, always the outsider. Blessed with athletic ability and nick-named the Omaha Kid, Tim turns to sports as his salvation. While professional baseball and later tennis become the backdrop of the story, like "Friday Night Lights", "The Tennis Partner" and "The Art of Fielding" complex characters and themes are found between the covers. The Adventures of the Omaha Kid's odyssey takes him to a world of adventure, romance and travel. Can he avoid the sirens' calls' to find love and a place to call home. Danger lurks just over the next horizon.
Five-year-old Tim Jacobson's life takes a sudden turn when he is separated from his infant sister and is taken to live with his aunt, uncle and two children. Deprived of love and comfort while growing up, the boy feels alienated, always the outsider. Blessed with athletic ability and nick-named the Omaha Kid, Tim turns to sports as his salvation. While professional baseball and later tennis become the backdrop of the story, like "Friday Night Lights", "The Tennis Partner" and "The Art of Fielding" complex characters and themes are found between the covers. The Adventures of the Omaha Kid's odyssey takes him to a world of adventure, romance and travel. Can he avoid the sirens' calls' to find love and a place to call home. Danger lurks just over the next horizon.
Nathaniel Robert "Bob" Winters was born in Brooklyn in 1950 and grew up in suburban Long Island N.Y. After serving in the Navy he fell in love with Northern California and made it his home. He graduated from Sonoma State University and achieved a Masters in Education from C.S.U. Stanislaus. He enjoyed the opportunity to be a high school history and science teacher in Turlock for 33 years. An avid skier and tennis player, he also coached baseball and soccer. He currently lives in Saint Helena, a small town in the wine growing region of the Napa Valley with his wife, son and dog. Bob has an affinity for nature and loves to travel. His family has hosted foreign exchange students from France, the Czech Republic and Russia.
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