Summer of the Monkeys The last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation of course as he did for most things The mon
The last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caThe last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caught somehow, and Jay Berry started out believing him .But by the end of the summer of the monkeys, Jay Berry Lee had learned a lot than he ever bargained for and not just about monkeys He learned about faith, and wishes coming true, and knowing what it is you really want He even learned a little about growing up .This novel, set in rural Oklahoma around the turn of the century, is a heart warming family story full of rich detail and delightful characters about a time and place when miracles were really the simplest of things
-
Free Read [Biography Book] ☆ Summer of the Monkeys - by Wilson Rawls ✓
442
Wilson Rawls
-
Title:
Free Read [Biography Book] ☆ Summer of the Monkeys - by Wilson Rawls ✓
Posted by:
Published :2019-09-16T21:36:48+00:00
Wilson Rawls was born on September 24, 1913, in the Ozark country of Scraper, Oklahoma His mother home schooled her children, and after Rawls read Jack London s canine centered tale Call of the Wild, he decided to become a writer.But the Great Depression hit the United States in 1929, and Rawls left home to find work His family moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1935, and he came home each fall to work and hunt He wrote stories while he traveled, but his lack of formal education hampered his grammar, and he could not sell anything In 1958, he gave up on his dream and burned all his work He later revealed his literary desires to his wife, Sophie, and she encouraged him to keep writing.In a three week burst, Rawls wrote Where the Red Fern Grows, a highly autobiographical and poignant account of a boy, his two hounds, and raccoon hunting in the Ozark Mountains His wife edited his grammar and, after serialization in the Saturday Evening Post, Doubleday published the novel in 1961 By the late 1960s, word of mouth helped the book become a classic for young readers Rawls wrote and Sophie edited one book, The Summer of the Monkeys, in 1976 This, too, became a classic Rawls died in 1984 in Idaho Falls, Idaho.