A Mountain Boyhood

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A Mountain Boyhood by Joe Mills.

Contents

• A MOUNTAIN BOYHOOD7
• Author of "The Comeback"7
• Illustrated by ENOS B. COMSTOCK7
• J. H. SEARS & COMPANY, Inc. PUBLISHERS NEW YORK7
• TO THE ONE WHO MADE THIS BOYHOOD POSSIBLE MY WIFE8
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS10
• A MOUNTAIN BOYHOOD11
• CHAPTER ONE11
• GOING WEST11
• CHAPTER TWO17
• GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH WILD COUNTRY AND ANIMALS17
• CHAPTER THREE28
• FIRST CAMP ALONE—EXPLORING28
• CHAPTER FOUR40
• DANCING ACROSS THE DIVIDE41
• I plunged downward, struggling frantically.45
• I sat down by the fiddler and dozed.50
• CHAPTER FIVE52
• TRAPPING—MOUNTAIN-TOP DWELLERS52
• I glimpsed his flaming eyes and wide-open, fang-filled mouth.56
• Sheep and rock dropped straight toward me.67
• CHAPTER SIX68
• A LOG CABIN IN THE WILDS—PRIMITIVE LIVING68
• Never before had the ring of an ax echoed in Silent Valley!69
• "See all fools ain't dead yit," he observed.79
• CHAPTER SEVEN80
• GLACIERS AND FOREST FIRES80
• The memory of that race for life is still vividly terrifying.88
• CHAPTER EIGHT89
• THE PROVERBIAL BUSY BEAVER89
• Every fall I watched Mr. and Mrs. Peg at their repairs.94
• CHAPTER NINE101
• MOUNTAIN CLIMBING101
• CHAPTER TEN110
• MODERN PATHFINDERS110
• CHAPTER ELEVEN122
• OFF THE TRAIL122
• They turned tail and came racing back, straight toward me.125
• CHAPTER TWELVE134
• DREAMERS OF GOLDEN DREAMS134
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN142
• THE CITY OF SILENCE142
• Out of the dust of years, we dug the history of a buried past.146
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN153
• BEARS AND BUGBEARS153
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN170
• ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK170
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE175

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