Growing Up True
eBook - ePub

Growing Up True

Lessons from a Western Boyhood

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Growing Up True

Lessons from a Western Boyhood

About this book

Written in a compellingly simple style, Growing Up True evokes the struggles of a boy stretching for manhood in rural Colorado during and after World War II. But the lessons and demands of real life always nipped at the edges of his fantastic dreams.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. 1. The First Leaving
  9. 2. The War Effort at 23rd and Holly
  10. 3. The Return
  11. 4. Crossing over from the Last Frontier
  12. 5. The Blizzard of ’46
  13. 6. Prairie Rain
  14. 7. The Major Leagues of Arapahoe County
  15. 8. One Mighty Fine Fence
  16. 9. Man Training
  17. 10. The Boy Who Would Be King
  18. 11. One Time a Champion
  19. 12. Smoky’s Revenge
  20. 13. The Plow Horse Tries to Plow
  21. 14. The Last Log Barn
  22. 15. Betty’s Best Bourbon
  23. 16. A Liberal Education
  24. 17. Skills for the Modern Man
  25. 18. Death of the Highline King
  26. 19. Natural Gold
  27. 20. The End of Curtis School
  28. 21. World Training
  29. 22. The Second Leaving
  30. 23. This Is It, Then
  31. Postlude