The Real Deal

"Phantasmagorical – that is the only word I know to describe the story I’m about to tell you. In fact, if the word 'phantasmagorical' didn’t exist, I would have had to invent it to describe what happened to me and my friend Benji Ambrose." Growing up in Beaufort in the shade of many trees, Daniel Dubow is a self-described pudgy nerd with a runny nose and freckles. He and his best friend Benji Ambrose spend their time perfecting magic tricks and wondering about life and rambling around the historic city. One day while communing with a giant hackberry tree by the Tabernacle Church, the bumpy-barked tree announces, "Now the journey begins," and hands them a key with instructions that sends them forth to adventure. They meet the ghost of Robert Smalls, commune with more trees, foil kidnappers, and try to make sense of the complicated world of adults.Full color edition with six paintings by the author.

About the Author

Benton Lutz is a whimsical outsider artist. He writes about everyday life and all its depths, and he paints images of what moves him. He believes that the artistic process is time well spent on being happy, and he hopes his colorful results make other people happy too. In his life he has been a consultant, a poet, a football player, a therapist, and a writer. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries and can be found in private collections in the Lowcountry and beyond. He is a therapist for adults and children, a member of the National Association of Play Therapy, and his degrees include Education Specialist (post masters) from The College of William and Mary and a Masters of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Seminary. He has lived in the shade of the many splendid trees of Beaufort, South Carolina since 1995.

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