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About The West Bluff
Product Description The West Bluff and surrounding swamps along the Sabine River between Texas and Louisiana have provided a modest but comfortable shelter and satisfactory sustenance for Robert Andrew ("Dick") Jackson and his Cajun sweetheart, Penny, for many years since the loss of both his parents--his dad through divorce when he was young, and his mother years later in a horrendous explosion and fire in Texas City. But lately, things have not seemed right. Trapping has become dangerous, as a terrifying aspect of death and a fearful presence seems to have crept its way into this region known as the Big Thicket. Dick has already lost two of his hunting dogs within days of each other under unusual circumstances, and the remaining dogs whine and pull at their chains. Four friends come from Georgia to join in the hunt for whatever it is, and Cajun folkways are employed to ward off this haint. But the challenges seem only to multiply. Review The West Bluff grabs the reader from the beginning with plausible plot twists and realistic characters who live in harmony with the swamplands. The author succeeds in describing poignantly the challenges that catastrophic events as well as the passage of time have on the life of the story's central character. I lived in South Louisiana for many years and have now moved away. Jon Bunn brought me back! - Melva Haggar Dye, author of the novel, All That Remains The West Bluff is a rousing combination of harrowing adventure and bayou folklore that rings with authenticity. If Hemingway had spent his youth in the treacherous backwaters of East Texas, he would have written this book. Bunn's characters live a rough and tumble lifestyle that has all but disappeared from the American experience. What cowboys were to the Wild West, the men of The West Bluff are to the East Texas swamps. - Becky Wooley, author of the Grit and Grace clerical crime series There's a sweetness to The West Bluff--not syrupy sweetness--and it has at its heart Cajun history and culture in the years after World War II. It's kind of a man's book, but I liked it. - Laura Lynn Leffers, author of Dance on the Water, Portrait of a Ghost What really struck me about the book it is that the descriptions are sooo real, you feel like you are really right there as it is happening. - Danny Fleener, Chief Petty Officer, (Retired) U.S. Navy, Pensacola It is a good character study and highlights a neat local area that should spark some local interest. - Kathleen S. McAllister, DiBella, Geer, McAllister, and Best, PC, Pittsburgh Finished [Jon's] book. Liked it. In fact at times I couldn't put it down. My great grandfather owned Albert's next door to Farmer's Mercantile. Collier came about because [the teacher] misspelled his name from Cailler as Collier. It just stuck. The rest were Colliers. - Becky Rogers, Houston About the Author Jon Bunn grew up in and around the marshes and swamps that bordered Texas and Louisiana from about four years of age until he struck out on his own before his 16th birthday. The sanctuary of the bayous brought peace and solitude when he explored, hunted, fished, and trapped the rivers and backwaters. It was the place he felt most at home, and his fascination with the flora and fauna and people of the region have provided a touchstone throughout his life. The journey for this high school drop-out continued when Jon re-entered high school in Indiana and, though steered by counselors towards vocational classes, he went on to graduate from Indiana University, with a B.S. in Speech and Theatre and a minor in Folklore, and later earned his M.S. in Secondary Education. His experiences along the way were wide and varied- welder, machinist, carpenter, busboy, waiter, cook, dishwasher, recording technician, actor, stage hand, bartender, musician, teacher, recruiter, glass blower-and now, writer. Jon returned to Texas in the mid-70s, after hitchhiking around Europe and North Africa. He now lives in Houston with his
