About the Author
The Author was raised in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado during the mid 20th Century. His father’s business was salvaging old mines and mills and the railroads and aerial trams that dotted the high mountains and traversed the mountain valleys. The author’s childhood, through graduation from college was punctuated by experiences in dismantling these properties, driving trucks on mountain back roads and engaging in antics made possible by the remote mountain setting. The book includes a bit of history, a bit of humor, a few photos and sketches and a few insights into “how these gadgets work”. It is an easy read which should be enjoyable for people with an interest in mining, mining history, recycling, the San Juan Mountains, or in one person’s view of “the way it was” living in those mountains in the 1950s.
Life and Times of a Ragamuffin
Growing up Wild
by Russ Freeman

Life and Times of a Ragamuffin
Growing up Wild
by Russ Freeman
Published Jul 31, 2009
308 Pages
6.14 x 9.21 Black & White Paperback and 6.14 x 9.21 Black & White Casebound
Genre: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical