| Author: | Arlen Curtis Matson | ISBN: | 9781468554861 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse | Publication: | May 6, 2008 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse | Language: | English |
| Author: | Arlen Curtis Matson |
| ISBN: | 9781468554861 |
| Publisher: | AuthorHouse |
| Publication: | May 6, 2008 |
| Imprint: | AuthorHouse |
| Language: | English |
Set during and after World War II, Curtis Anderson,
is frequently joined by his three friends from Roosevelt
School in suspenseful adventures in Michigans
Upper Peninsula.Encumbered with wearing heavy
thick lensed glasses, and carrying a negative reputation
with his classmates, his challenge is to prove that
leadership and integrity are built by positive experiences.
Beginning with a solo ninety-mile bicycle trip as a twelve
year old, he is joined in the following years by his friends
rafting and ski jumping.Another solo trip in a home made
canoe takes him into a forest fire in Canada.In his sophomore
year in high school, the four boys find themselves trapped
in an iron mine tunnel.
Finally, entering their senior year in high school, they meet
an Amish family and are confronted with a different way of life.
Rebuilding an old Peogeot Bicycle together with Luke Miller,
and the big Mt. Zion Road Race brings the five boys to a fork
in the road.Mr. Miller tells the boys, We hold to the belief of
humility.Competition has a way of promoting pride.Luke
will not ride his bike in the race.
Will the only ten speed
bicycle in northern Michigan enter the race? Is sports
competition the glory of self? Curtis Anderson encounters
Set during and after World War II, Curtis Anderson,
is frequently joined by his three friends from Roosevelt
School in suspenseful adventures in Michigans
Upper Peninsula.Encumbered with wearing heavy
thick lensed glasses, and carrying a negative reputation
with his classmates, his challenge is to prove that
leadership and integrity are built by positive experiences.
Beginning with a solo ninety-mile bicycle trip as a twelve
year old, he is joined in the following years by his friends
rafting and ski jumping.Another solo trip in a home made
canoe takes him into a forest fire in Canada.In his sophomore
year in high school, the four boys find themselves trapped
in an iron mine tunnel.
Finally, entering their senior year in high school, they meet
an Amish family and are confronted with a different way of life.
Rebuilding an old Peogeot Bicycle together with Luke Miller,
and the big Mt. Zion Road Race brings the five boys to a fork
in the road.Mr. Miller tells the boys, We hold to the belief of
humility.Competition has a way of promoting pride.Luke
will not ride his bike in the race.
Will the only ten speed
bicycle in northern Michigan enter the race? Is sports
competition the glory of self? Curtis Anderson encounters
