The Beckoning

About the Book

At the end of America's age of innocence, just six weeks before the murder of President John F. Kennedy, 17-year old Lee Moffit is told by his father to leave their Stillwater, Oklahoma, farm and never return. With $40 and a German Luger pistol in his pocket, Lee roars across Route 66 on his motorcycle toward California with dreams of becoming a movie stuntman.

Following one misadventure after the next, Lee arrives in Venice Beach and is befriended by Iris Pond, a hippie with literary ambitions and a troubled past. Lee's hope to capture the California dream turns to despair and leads him to a life-defining moment.

About the Author

Donald A. Webster has also written a novel, Blood Son, and is the author of a full-length play and a series of original short plays. His work has been read at the Louis B. Mayer Theater on the ground of the Motion Picture and Television Fund in Woodland, Hills, California and performed in Bethesda, Maryland.

Mr. Webster lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Diana Douglas.