“The Jim Crow South on a combo of steroids and LSD.”

Crazed snake charmers, crooked judges, chicken thieves, golf heroes, mythical Gods, dead voices: Chasing Byron, set in 1945 as WWII is raging to a climax and Byron Nelson is winning one PGA tournament after another, is the Jim Crow south on steroids. A young golfer receives divine orders to challenge Nelson from his dead brother, a casualty of Okinawa. But when an adolescent cousin is found raped after a family reunion, plans go awry. The town judge of St. Francisville decides to frame a local black sharecropper for the rape, triggering a chase up and down the Mississippi that pits family against family in a gripping showdown. 

“Although Harrison may be better known for his rock opera based on Funk & Wagnalls and his life-size oil painting of the Sphinx, Jeb’s recent diversified literary works are among my favored gratifications.”–J.Macon King, publisher of Mill Valley Literary Review, author of Circus of the Sun: a Novel of San Francisco.

“Jeb writes with passion. His lush words envelope me in a place where feelings come out through his characters and right into my heart. His work is revealing, interesting and beautifully done.” – Susanna Soloman, author of Point Reyes Sheriff's Calls, More Point Reyes Sheriff's Calls & Montana Rhapsody