Xlibris Releases First Volume of Dr. Robert A. Brock's Salt Lick Saga

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• Source: Xlibris
• On 5:47 pm EDT, Monday October 12, 2009

HENDERSON, Texas, Oct. 12, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Self-publishing Company Xlibris releases Salt Lick, Vol. I: Celebrate Life, an engaging read that celebrates the magnificence of youth and young adulthood. Authored by Dr. Robert A. "Sunny" Brock, this is the first volume of a life-changing inspirational, true knee-slapper historical comedy. O'Riley cousins fight ravages of American frontier-life pursuing Solomon's answer to the question, "What am I doing here?" In an age when cousin-marriages were vogue, the O'Riley clan-cousins step out of the pages of history and spin a true tale of heart-gripping, unforgettable characters seeking true purpose for man's existence. The overwhelming take-away philosophy transfers readers back to a time when men tenaciously treated their women with genteel care, protecting a woman's right to be mysterious.

Brock uses every personality on the DISC Personality Scale, elbowing readers to relate to characters on a vicarious personal level. Protagonists Ali and Thomas O' Riley join eight second generation Irish immigrant cousins on a quest to visit all five of their paternal uncle's families before Ali is forced to marry and settle down to drudgery of pioneer life. Although Ali's Stoic mother disagrees, cousins take on the American frontier in an Indiana Jones-type misadventure, endangering life and limb from Louisiana Snake Handlers' Revival to Buffalo, New York Foresters Annual Hawg Race, Columbia U Cotillion, plight of the American Indian under Andrew Jackson administration, to abolitionist philosophy. The author closes the first volume with a nostalgic meeting of O'Riley brothers preparing to depart in peace and leave the next generation to "fix" the world.

The tale based on true frontier events continues to unfold in Salt Lick Vol. II: the Innocents, Ali's son, Sunny, is born and steals the spotlight as the next generation juggles pre-Civil War life west of Savannah in pristine Cousins, GA, established by O'Riley cousins. Surprise inspirational ending depicts real life in American frontier.

Moral responsibility toward the opposite sex, a hallmark of America's Age of Innocence, is tastefully presented in unforgettable vignettes. Salt Lick, Vol. I: Celebrate Life reminds readers that family loyalty goes a long way in developing a mature outlook on life, but flippant, uninhibited ignorance of youth must be preserved as the first step to adult practicality. Interested readers can log on to www.Xlibris.com for more information.

About the Author

Dr. Robert A. "Sunny" Brock was born during the end of the Great Depression at Woodville, Texas to a fifteen year old mother crippled by polio at age thirteen. Born eight months before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Brock's family followed their construction-worker-father, changing schools fifteen times in twelve years. After nine years U.S. Air Force he graduated from Sam Houston State University, receiving his Masters degree in education and taught public school and women prisoners. He attended Texas Baptist Institute Seminary at Henderson, Texas and received Doctorate of Theology in Bible Languages. Brock has taught at TBI over thirty-five years. Proctored in Creative Writing at SHSU, Robert has authored several seminary text books, published by Criterion Press and articles in religious periodicals.

             Salt Lick, Vol. I * by Dr. Robert A. Brock
                            Celebrate Life
                 Publication Date: April 26, 2001
     Trade Paperback; $22.94; 537 pages; ISBN 978-0-7388-5160-0
     Trade Hardback; $33.29; 537 pages; ISBN 978-0-7388-5159-4

To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876.

For more information, contact Xlibris at (888) 795-4274 or on the web at www.Xlibris.com.

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