Charley and the last Cavaliers

About the Book

They were five young men, all still in their teens and all from the same community. Schooled together they had remained close friends after finishing the eighth grade. These last few years they’d worked, each helping on their own families farms. Now with their younger brothers and sisters old enough to take over, they could leave. Their parents and others relatives would have all the help they needed. For years they had banded together as adventurous youths and now they talked of more exciting things to do and places to see. Though they were warned about how tough the times were and there was little work, except for seasonal farm labor, they were not deterred. They had heard the new courthouse being built in St. Louis. Though it was some distance away and place where they had never been, they felt sure a city with that large a building project would surly need many workers. Their families though reluctant to see them leave did help them gather the things they would need. They knew these were determined young men, anxious to look for that something they felt in their hearts was out there, waiting just for them.

About the Author

Born in San Francisco in 1925 a fourth generation Californian on his mother’s side. Raised in Marin County he roamed the hills and the flats of the bay in sight of San Quentin. A veteran of both Maritime Service and the Army. Serving time over seas in both Australia aboard the M.V. Cape San Antonio, Later in the War in the Philippines in the Hawaiian Division. The 28th Division, 34th Regiment, A company, 1st Platoon 1st Squad and for a time 1st Scout. HeCountyd four children working for Ma Bell 31 years and seven months in Marin and Santa Clara county. Hunted and fished from Lake Thomas Edison to the Oregon boarded in the Sierras and from Los Padres National Forest to the Trinity Alps in the coast range, burro packing with his sons. Spent seven years as a Boy Scout Leader and as an Honorary Life member of the PTA. Has lived in Riverton Wyn, Sequim Wash. And rebuilt a cabin in Klawock Alaska on Prince of Wales island, where he hunted, fished and wrote in his spare moments. He has 9 grand children, 10 great grand children plus a loved step daughter and daughter in law and two step grand children.