<p>Eddie Frye and Herbie Bierly take the reader along for their outlandish and often dangerous adventures in their small town. Set in the mid-1950s, Fools and Children chronicles the escapades of two young lads hell-bent on action and adventure. They and their rogue's gallery of friends create havoc and consternation for the town residents when they flood a section of town, loose a horse on the streets, and plan a bank robbery. They survive some perilous undertakings in caves and streams about town, becoming both heroes and victims in this coming of age memoir. Life's lessons come from poignant experiences with death, guns, horses, and girls.Fools and Children is an unblinking and touching reflection of the Eisenhower years, taking Baby Boomers back to a lifestyle now lost to us. The book is a collection of leisurely-told tales, filled with colorful characters and events of a simpler time.</p>

Fools and Children

Biographies & Memoirs

Frye, Edward T.

Memoirs

Writers Advantage Pr

A poignant and humorous reflection of carefree childhood in the 1950s. A chronicle of capers and shenanigans of two boys, running free and straight into danger and life's lessons

iUniverse Publishing

The tiny town of Cordell, Oregon, sprang forth at the dawn of the twentieth century, birthed from the entrepreneurial vision of its namesake, Franklin Cordell, and his partner, John Witherspoon. It grew and flourished during the sunset years of the Old West, came of age during the Depression, and weathered two world wars, Prohibition, the Depression, and the waning years of the local lumber industry. Ticket's Bar has been right there through it all, witnessing the booms, the bubbles, and the heartaches. Three generations of the Ticket family have stood behind the bar, serving rich and poor, loggers and lumbermen, dreamers and drifters, revelers and mourners. The current owner, Owen Ticket, hasn't traveled much, nor has he spent much time outside this tiny town. But through his years as saloonkeeper, he's just about seen and heard it all. When a visiting author wanders in and challenges him to a storytelling duel, Owen Ticket pours forth tale after insightful tale, garnishing them with his own perceptive insights into human nature and the human condition. Join saloonkeeper-hero Owen Ticket, as he opens the tap and draws forth a pitcher full of laughter and tears as he introduces his listener to a century's worth Ticket's patrons-from a trigger-happy card player, to Pinkerton railroad detectives, to Paws the Wonder Dog; not to mention Stonekicker Bob, some rowdy circus performers, and even such noted personalities as the retired Wild-West sharpshooter Annie Oakley herself. Some of them came to celebrate their joys, others to drown their sorrows. He stirs in not just the human elements, but also the enduring natural features that shape the lives of Pacific Northwesterners, including the mighty Mount Hood and the beautiful-but-treacherous Deschutes River. Pull up a stool, park your heel on the brass foot rail, and settle in for some serious-and not-so-serious-storytelling in Ticket To Oregon.

Ticket To Oregon: A Three Generational Saga

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Brighton Publishing LLC

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