Where I'm Bound I Can't Tell

by Jeremy Lee

In a century that set out to tame, civilize, and revolutionize the world, Teddy always managed to stay a step ahead and find the last wild places. Where I'm Bound I Can't Tell opens with a troubled kid in the nineties named Lee smart-mouthing his way through community service, yet meeting one old man will forever change his life. Born in 1900, Teddy could never stand still, running away to join the French Foreign Legion as a boy he never returns to the states until the 1980's.

Along the way he crosses deserts, explores the Amazon, bears witness to Gandhi's movement, sails oceans, hunts with Zulu, and becomes an aid worker in Africa. While Lee struggles to grow up and learn what kind of man he is going to be, Teddy teaches him about the infinite possibilities and devastating tragedies of life.

Most of the book is a journey through The Great War and the last gasping era of exploration through the 1930's, ranging from the trenches to the deserts of the Middle East and on into Africa and then the South American jungles. Then Teddy plunges into the nightmare wrought by the Nazis and World War II, and from there he journeys the world once more, attempting to heal and find his place in a world slowly but surely passing him by.

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First published August 8, 2011

About the author

Jeremy Lee was born in Odessa, Texas, but grew up in New Mexico. Throughout his childhood, he was strongly influenced by his grandmother’s love of history and his mother’s love of reading, both of which he took up early in life. Inheriting a work ethic from his father which served him well in the manic world of theater, Jeremy started his professional career writing for the stage, first in Denver and then in small New York venues while attending the New York School for Film and Television. He currently lives once more in Denver, writing ferociously when he can’t find an excuse to be in the middle of nowhere fishing or getting blissfully lost in a museum.