4 8 ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Os age ▁County , ▁Oklahoma <0x0A> </s> ▁Mike ▁Jackson ▁is ▁a ▁rec urr ing ▁fict ional ▁character ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁nov els ▁by ▁British ▁com ic ▁writer ▁P . ▁G . ▁W ode house , ▁being ▁a ▁good ▁friend ▁of ▁P sm ith . ▁He ▁appears ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁P sm ith ▁books . ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁Mike ▁is ▁a ▁solid , ▁reliable ▁character ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁sense ▁of ▁fair ▁play , ▁but ▁an ▁app et ite ▁for ▁excitement ▁and ▁a ▁stub born ness ▁that ▁often ▁leads ▁him ▁into ▁trouble . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁keen ▁and ▁tal ented ▁cr ick eter , ▁and ▁comes ▁from ▁a ▁cr icket ing ▁family ▁( his ▁elder ▁brothers ▁have ▁all ▁distinguished ▁themselves ), ▁and ▁as ▁we ▁follow ▁Mike ' s ▁life ▁he ▁himself ▁ach ieves ▁considerable ▁cr icket ing ▁success . ▁However , ▁as ▁W ode house ' s ▁writing ▁developed ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁school ▁stories ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁period , ▁cr icket ▁becomes ▁a ▁less ▁important ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁tales , ▁as ▁does ▁Mike ▁himself . ▁ ▁App ear ances ▁▁ ▁Mike ▁Jackson ▁appears ▁in ▁five ▁novel - length ▁works , ▁all ▁of ▁which ▁appeared ▁as ▁magazine ▁serial s ▁before ▁being ▁published ▁in ▁book ▁form . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁first ▁appearance ▁(" Jack son ▁Junior ", ▁later ▁ret itled ▁Mike ▁at ▁W ry k yn ) ▁Mike ▁is ▁the ▁sole ▁focus ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁Mike ▁at ▁W ry k yn ▁starts ▁with ▁Mike ▁heading