[pct-l] A Wild and Perilous Life

[Ron Graybill]

At your recommendation, I just bought "A Life Wild and Perilous" by Robert
Utley with my one remaining Audible.com credit for this month!  I sometimes
take long boring training walks around town, and listening to books like
this while I walk makes them enjoyable.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Greg Hummel <bighummel at aol.com> wrote:

>
> I'm listening to: "A Life Wild and Perilous" by RobertUtley.  I highly
> recommend it toyou.  It profiles all of the great early1800's western US
> fur trappers and mountain men; Joseph Walker (Walker Pass,Walker River),
> Fremont, Kit Carson, Jededia Smith, etc., etc.  We, the long distance
> hikers of today havetaken over the place of these men.  Noone covers as
> much of the country on foot, or horseback, these days thanus.
>
>
> In the 1840's as immigration toCalifornia was heating up and the fur trade
> was dying, they were forced tochange from fur trappers to guides for the
> wagon trains coming west.  Therein, they were given the titles
> of"Wagonmaster"; the lead man on the wagon train.  When Lake Morena Park
> gave me this titleyears ago when the ADZ was just starting up, I thought it
> was just a cute old Western thing. After reading (or ratherlistening to it
> as I have an Audible.com account and get one book a month at noadditional
> charge with that) I have a new found respect for my bestowed title.
>
>
> Greg Hummel
>
> ADZPCTKO Wagonmaster!
>
>
> "If you were born blind, a butterfly would be a fairy, a flower a miracle,
> a tree infinity. . . and lightening - GOD!"- GNH
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