True Tales of a Wyoming Generation: The Unauthorized Autobiography of H. Barnett Jones

This book takes you through thefollies of a boy, who slowly and belatedly evolves into manhood, long after afrivolous adolescence. The story begins during The Great Depression of the1930's and continues with the traumas the boy experienced as an "instant" andinept ranch hand during the manpower shortage of World War II.¿ His adventures continue at theUniversity he attends where the ratio of men to women is 5 to 1. Aftergraduation he proceeds to military service, travels, studies in Mexico,and finally settles into a happy marriage with children. But the marital blisshe has enjoyed eventually collapses and he has to meet the challenge of singleparenting.After his kids grow up and leavehome, he takes up hiking, skiing and climbing in the mountains, which leads tomore mishaps and adventures. Each generation is different, andthese accounts reflect the life and times from about 1930, and some contraststo our present mode of living. ¿ Although some fictional writingtechniques are used, the author has strived to record these true accounts asaccurately as his imperfect memory would allow.