Life and Times of a Ragamuffin

Growing up Wild

by Russ Freeman

Life and Times of a Ragamuffin
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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


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Storytelling to Pass the Time During Long Winter Months

The story started by Geneva saying that she had come up behind a circus truck on a steep strech of road. That truck did not have power enough to haul the elephant up the steep stretch of road, so the driver had been forced to stop. He and a helper lowered a ramp to unload the elephant. The helper then had the elephant push the truck to help it up the steep section. A short ways up the road, beyond the steep section, they loaded the elephant up and went on their way. As Geneva told the story the first time, she emphasized that there was not much room on the road and she was afraid that the elephant was going to bump into her car as it was getting off the truck. On her behalf a few days later, Dad retold the story, as was the custom. In his version, “She was afraid that the elephant was going to push her car off the road.” After many retellings, elephants began to appear out of nowhere and push her car hither and yon. Since she was known to join her husband in imbibing from time to time, the story was gradually changed to imply that the entire episode must have been an apparition seen while she was under the influence. Often the later storyteller kindly suggested that perhaps she should lay off the bottle for a while.

 

About the Author

Russ Freeman

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.

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