City Boys and Mountain Horses, True Adventures Roughing It in Washington's Colville National Forest
Description
Fun, entertaining memoirs of a bygone era—the American Northwest in 1933—seen through the eyes of a fifteen-year-old, having the time of his life. Cowboys, wild horses, rodeos, mountain lions, rattlesnakes and bear come alive in storytelling reminiscent of Mark Twain’s Roughing It.
Ernest Guy Walden had a spirit for adventure and could not pass up any that came his way. When a riding accident landed him in the care of horseman and photographer, Cull A. White, a door to adventure opened, and young Ernest found himself up to his ears in adventure. High on a plateau across the Columbia River in Washington’s Colville National Forest; witnessing the first blasting for the Grand Coulee Dam, breaking horses, riding in rodeos, and staying clear of rattle snakes were just a few of the great times “Ernie†experienced. Such rugged and steely adventures helped Ernie develop the true grit needed later in life as an Army Air Corp flight instructor in World War II, and to live life to the fullest. Fun, fast-reading for the young and the young-at-heart alike.
Ernest Guy Walden had a spirit for adventure and could not pass up any that came his way. When a riding accident landed him in the care of horseman and photographer, Cull A. White, a door to adventure opened, and young Ernest found himself up to his ears in adventure. High on a plateau across the Columbia River in Washington’s Colville National Forest; witnessing the first blasting for the Grand Coulee Dam, breaking horses, riding in rodeos, and staying clear of rattle snakes were just a few of the great times “Ernie†experienced. Such rugged and steely adventures helped Ernie develop the true grit needed later in life as an Army Air Corp flight instructor in World War II, and to live life to the fullest. Fun, fast-reading for the young and the young-at-heart alike.
