More Adventures Of A Montana Misfit

Author : Lyle Manley
Publisher : Farcountry Press
Page : 975 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781591521877

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More Adventures of a Montana Misfit by Lyle Manley Pdf

This volume continues Adventures of a Misfit: Coming of Age in the 50s and 60s. Inspired by true events, the story picks up in 1962 as the narrator begins junior high school in Bozeman, Montana. With an awkward - and occasionally hilarious - attempt to navigate teenage society, the author endures a stint in the Boy Scouts, camping trips, Little League baseball, a paper route, art projects gone awry, excruciating embarrassments, and a lesson showing there is no career in being a wise guy. In high school, things begin to change rapidly with the overwhelming impulse to be one of the popular students. With this, the narrator's notions of the world become ever more at odds with reality. Soon, drinking escapades become increasingly reckless, resulting in arrest, fraternizing with lawyers, and jail. Before the author's senior year of high school, the family moves to Great Falls, Montana. The process of attending a new school while surviving what was left behind results in further exploits for the highlight reel. The late 1960s bring the Viet Nam War and social turmoil even to Montana, mirroring the narrator's disorientation.

Author : Andrea Louise
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781440150760

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Adventures of a Misfit by Andrea Louise Pdf

Haunted by her hellish past as the school leper and the distraught daughter of a war-bitten Austrian mother, Andrea leaves home to find the happiness she knew as a young child in the flowering meadows of Iowa. She is confronted with people from drug dealers to escaped convicts to beggars, with the black of night as she huddles up against her car seat in abandoned campgrounds, with countless jobs working with the elder, the mentally ill, animals, and cancer patients. And along the way, she dives head first into the flip side of the physical realm. Did she really take a walk with her guardian angel? Its the world of trance channeling, psychic readings, and past lives as an unconventional woman seeks answers in an unconventional way. Still, the problem remains: she is trapped in a condemning world. She leaves again and again, each time angrier than the time before. Her head now fraught with endless dialogue, lucid memories, and smothered feelings, she begins to writehiding from bullies, leaving her body, talking to spirits, speaking out for animals, riding a motorcycle, traveling to Europe, getting married, singing in an opera, dancing in a ballet, smoking pot. Its a life extraordinaire as Andrea attempts to survive in world intolerant of misfits. Also woven into the story are a meek and mild father, a harassing grandfather, a loony brother who assumes the personality of Mr. Spock from Star Trek, and a psychic minister. Andreas story offers both laymen and mental health enthusiasts an intimate look into Aspergers, borderline personality traits, and serious attention issues. It depicts a very unusual yet understandable life. Who doesnt want to belong? To be loved? These are ordinary feelings magnified to the level of total despair by extraordinary situations. What stirs one, stirs us all.

Author : Jerry Funk
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781412008488

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Life Is an Excellent Adventure by Jerry Funk Pdf

The story which asks the questions ... Can a young man from a small town in Montana find happiness ... As a sailor ... A teacher ... An alleged economist ... An intelligence officer ... An international trade unionist ... A White House Staffer ... A Wall Street Banker ... A political campaign manager ... An economic and political consultant ... An international diamond dealer ... A puzzled retiree? Can he ever find honest work? Can he learn how to hold on to a job? For the answers to these and other profound questions which may never have occurred to you ... Read on.

Author : Kirsten Smith,Kurt Lustgarten
Publisher : Boom! Studios
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-13
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781613987049

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Misfit City Vol. 1 by Kirsten Smith,Kurt Lustgarten Pdf

Smothered by her backwater hometown and frustrated by its 1980s cult-movie fame (The Gloomies...have you seen it? It's a real classic, y'know.), Wilder is pretty sure she's seen everything Cannon Cove has to offer. She's desperate to get away from home as soon as she can, and move on to bigger, better, and less annoying things...even if that might mean leaving her best friends behind. But when Wilder discovers a centuries-old pirate map, she may find out that REAL adventure was in their tiny town all along...and they need each other to get to the bottom of it! It's a rip-roaring adventure written by award-winning screenwriter Kiwi Smith (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde) and Kurt Lustgarten, and illustrated by Naomi Franquiz.

Author : Erin McKittrick
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-26
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781594857379

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Small Feet, Big Land by Erin McKittrick Pdf

CLICK HERE to download the first chapter from Small Feet, Big Land * Sequel to 2009’s top-selling A Long Trek Home: 400 Miles by Boot, Raft, and Ski * Unique narrative combination of thrilling adventure with the challenges of bringing small children along * An accessible window into life on America’s “Last Frontier” Small Feet, Big Land follows the expeditions and daily life of a family of four: Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, lifelong adventure trekkers, set out to explore the vast and remote wild corners of Alaska with their two young children in tow. After trekking thousands of miles through harsh and beautiful wilderness together, Erin and Hig must adjust to the short attention span — and short legs — of a toddler and the weight of a newborn baby, as they walk Alaska’s rapidly changing coastline. While visiting remote Arctic villages, touring a zinc mine, and exploring for two months on one of Alaska’s largest glaciers, Erin sees the dramatic effects of climate change on the landscape around her, and considers the very different world in which her children may live one day. Whether huddling in the pelting rain, facing a curious grizzly bear, eating whale blubber with new friends, or picking berries on the sunny tundra their unconventional adventures draw Erin’s family — and readers — closer together as they explore the intersection of wilderness and industry in America’s wildest state. Erin McKittrick and her husband, Hig, have walked over 7,000 miles through Alaska’s trackless wilderness. Their journey from Seattle to the Aleutians is chronicled in Erin’s first book, A Long Trek Home: 4,000 Miles by Boot, Raft, and Ski. In between expeditions, they are raising their children a stone’s throw from the wilderness in a yurt in Seldovia, Alaska. They are the founders of ground truth trekking, a nonprofit that uses science and adventure to further the conversation about Alaska environment issues: www.groundtruthtrekking.org/blog.

Author : Brendan Deneen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781949514209

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The Island of Misfit Toys by Brendan Deneen Pdf

When Charlie-in-the-Box gets swept out to sea two days before Christmas, King Moonracer puts together a band of misfit toys to rescue him.

Author : Ben McGrath
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780451494016

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Riverman by Ben McGrath Pdf

“This quietly profound book belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.” —The New York Times The riveting true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, canoed solo thousands of miles of American rivers—and then disappeared near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This book “contains everything: adventure, mystery, travelogue, and unforgettable characters” (David Grann, best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon). For decades, Dick Conant paddled the rivers of America, covering the Mississippi, Yellowstone, Ohio, Hudson, as well as innumerable smaller tributaries. These solo excursions were epic feats of planning, perseverance, and physical courage. At the same time, Conant collected people wherever he went, creating a vast network of friends and acquaintances who would forever remember this brilliant and charming man even after a single meeting. Ben McGrath, a staff writer at The New Yorker, was one of those people. In 2014 he met Conant by chance just north of New York City as Conant paddled down the Hudson, headed for Florida. McGrath wrote a widely read article about their encounter, and when Conant's canoe washed up a few months later, without any sign of his body, McGrath set out to find the people whose lives Conant had touched--to capture a remarkable life lived far outside the staid confines of modern existence. Riverman is a moving portrait of a complex and fascinating man who was as troubled as he was charismatic, who struggled with mental illness and self-doubt, and was ultimately unable to fashion a stable life for himself; who traveled alone and yet thrived on connection and brought countless people together in his wake. It is also a portrait of an America we rarely see: a nation of unconventional characters, small river towns, and long-forgotten waterways.

Author : George A. Katchmer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476609058

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A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses by George A. Katchmer Pdf

Long before sound became an essential part of motion pictures, Westerns were an established genre. The men and women who brought to life cowboys, cowgirls, villains, sidekicks, distressed damsels and outraged townspeople often continued with their film careers, finding success and fame well into the sound era--always knowing that it was in silent Westerns that their careers began. More than a thousand of these once-silent Western players are featured in this fully indexed encyclopedic work. Each entry includes a detailed biography, covering both personal and professional milestones and a complete Western filmography. A foreword is supplied by Diana Serra Cary (formerly the child star "Baby Peggy"), who performed with many of the actors herein.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : UVA:X002185350

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Montana by Anonim Pdf

Author : Chuck Robbins
Publisher : Wilderness Adventures Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1932098011

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On the Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies by Chuck Robbins Pdf

The On The Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies distills a lifetime of exploration and experience into a guide that will help you successfully plan a trip to the prime waters of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Chuck Robbins has picked his favorite rivers and lakes; shares his wealth of insider information on how to fish these premier waters and the best time to fish them; his favorite fly for each water; along with his personal recommendations for great food and interesting places to stay; and many other tips. Book jacket.

Author : Mark Sundeen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Automobile travel
ISBN : UCSC:32106018282605

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Car Camping by Mark Sundeen Pdf

"A twenty-two-year-old housepainter living at his parents' house in Southern California, is striking out on the only type of adventure he can afford; he's getting into his station wagon and going camping in the desert."--Back cover.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Vietnam War, 1961-1975
ISBN : UCAL:B5094488

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WLA by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Libraries
ISBN : MINN:31951P00318530J

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Montana State Library News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dale L. Walker
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250173669

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Pacific Destiny and Bear Flag Rising by Dale L. Walker Pdf

Historian Dale L. Walker chronicles the early days of the American Pacific Northwest in two engrossing accounts, now available in one volume: Pacific Destiny and Bear Flag Rising. Pacific Destiny: The Three-Century Journey to the Oregon Country Pacific Destiny chronicles the discovery, exploration, and settlement of America's Pacific Northwest. It is a story of cut-throat competition for control in an expanding America, first between Spain and England, then England and the United States. A story of explorers and tycoons, most notably John Jacob Astor, whose effort to establish a fur trading empire on the Columbia River ended with the massacre of his crew by the Vancouver Island Native Americans. Bear Flag Rising: The Conquest of California, 1846 Bear Flag Rising traces the history of California from the Native Americans who first inhabited the land through the warfare that would finally leave the province in the hands of European settlers. The lives of the Californians in tranquil days before the advent of American trappers and the steady decline of the province under Mexico's neglectful rule are brought to life in this epic chronicle. Battles and skirmishes, such as the bitter fight at San Pascual are meticulously recreated in all their vicious glory. Through exacting research and masterful prose, Bear Flag Rising reveals the full story of how Mexico lost California and how this Pacific paradise went on to became "the greatest jewel in the crown of the American Empire." This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : CB Samet
Publisher : Novels by CB Samet
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781732452510

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McMillan File by CB Samet Pdf

She's investigating a murder. He's trying not to become the next victim. Mica McMillan, savvy PI and scrappy street fighter, is trying to track down a murderer and doesn't have time for delays or relationships. As she tries to unravel the mystery of who murdered her last bounty, she finds herself in the deadly web of crooked private security contractor—Lucius Titan. Dr. David Rider snaps out of his dreary ER work when confronted with Mica's fascinating life and magnetism to danger. But when a drug dealer working for Lucius puts a hit out on David, the mismatched couple find themselves on dangerous ground. Mica will have to rely on help from The Rider SI team, and David reunites with the owner—his mother. Can Mica and Rider SI bring the criminals to justice or will she and David become Lucius Titan’s next victims? McMillan File is a full-length novel filled with action, adventure, and strong women. The romance is medium with heat with some explicit language. Each novel shares characters, but they are also their own stand-alone happily-ever-after. Praise for McMillan File - Romantic Suspense Thriller "Absolutely fantastic story" --Bookbub Reader "Steamy, action-packed, and edge of your seat adventure!" --Goodreads Reader “This is an intense read that really sucks you from the get go! I loved this suspenseful and action packed story! Great characters! I loved Mica and David! This is a definite page turner!” —Booksprout Reviewer