August 2015 – Jim Merkel the Writer

A big week ahead in a most beautiful place

I’m excited to share this news release about the readings and signings I’ll do in the Apostle Islands area next week for my book, The Lighthouse on Devils Island. If you’re there next week, I’d love to see you. EVENTS SET IN CONNECTION WITH NEW BOOK ABOUT LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE An author from St. Louis,Continue reading “A big week ahead in a most beautiful place”

Beer, Brats, and Baseball is back and better than ever

Above is the cover of the Second Edition of Beer, Brats, & Baseball: German-Americans in St. Louis. My publisher tells me it’s coming out by the end of this month. Those who bought the 1st Edition and those who didn’t will definitely want to get this one. It contains most of the material from theContinue reading “Beer, Brats, and Baseball is back and better than ever”

A reading from my new book about a lighthouse on Lake Superior

One miserable spring night, a tired, bitter, despairing old lighthouse keeper prepares to jump off the top of Lake Superior’s Devils Island Lighthouse. It seems the end for Owen McClatchy, but it’s the beginning, during a wondrous summer of 1928. So begins The Lighthouse on Devils Island, a novel I self-published about a month ago.Continue reading “A reading from my new book about a lighthouse on Lake Superior”