Where No Man Pursueth received a 4+ star review, making it an IndieReader Approved title.
Following find an interview with author Micheal E. Jimerson.
What is the name of the book and when was it published?
Where No Man Pursueth published 2/2/21.
What’s the book’s first line?
Pine forest weave through the hills of East Texas before such trees give way to ancient oaks rising from sloughs and anchored by cypresses encased in Spanish moss.
What’s the book about? Give us the “pitch”.
WHERE NO MAN PURSUETH is a taut, brutal, historical mystery. Ranging from East Texas to New Orleans to Cuba to Oklahoma, the story covers over thirty years in search of the truth of the murder of a prominent banker. As relevant today as the time period in which it is set (the Jim Crow South), the book is fast-paced–without easy answers or neat conclusions–and will stay with the reader long after the book is finished.IR verdict
What inspired you to write the book? A particular person? An event?
A judge appointed me ad litem attorney for unknown heirs in a hearing to determine the heirs of the infamous embezzling Nacogdoches bank president from 1901. A landman discovered a discrepancy in the title of a tract of land being leased for production and promptly bought the interest of the disputed heirs. Gary Border’s book about a hanging in Nacogdoches and John Boessnecker’s biography of Hamer inspired me. Likewise, a lifetime spent around old-time rangers and larger-than-life lawmen raised the question, were their steel boots ever feet of clay? The rest of the plot and characters are pieces of genuine moments from a career spent in the courtroom, yet hopefully disparaging no one or having a victim suffer more.
What’s the main reason someone should really read this book?
Contemplating justice in all its forms moves all of us closer to nobility, closer to God. Our response to tragedy, even the tragic consequences we created, defines our character. Did we find a path to redemption or create a construct to defend our life?
The protagonist represents a composite of all those hard men and women who serve justice not because they are perfect, but because they answer the call, Whom shall I send….
Which book do you wish you could have written?
I’m compelled to give the lawyer answer, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is so unfailing in its commitment to morality and the pursuit of justice despite ultimate failure. I am also a huge fan of Death of a Salesman because Arthur Miller puts forth an ordinary life in the most extraordinary terms.