Stories of a feral American childhood. The War and Cold War years of family disruption and dislocation were the Golden Age for wilding American youth. The youngsters in the stories herein were often left to find their own way through dangerous years of abandonment, loneliness, hunger, defiance, outlawry, and exhilarating freedom that came only with those costs. Here are tales of growing up wild under the golden skies of Kansas and the silver skies of Colorado, always looking ahead to the next meal, the next adventure, the ...
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Stories of a feral American childhood. The War and Cold War years of family disruption and dislocation were the Golden Age for wilding American youth. The youngsters in the stories herein were often left to find their own way through dangerous years of abandonment, loneliness, hunger, defiance, outlawry, and exhilarating freedom that came only with those costs. Here are tales of growing up wild under the golden skies of Kansas and the silver skies of Colorado, always looking ahead to the next meal, the next adventure, the next valley or mountain, discovering in space and time the naked soul of childhood, with disquieting glimpses askance of the mysterious world of grownups. The reader will find that this memoir compares favorably with those by Bill Bryson, Tim Russert, Garrison Keillor, and Annie Dillard.
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