THE SCAMP ODYSSEY
Part I. The First Scamp Trip, 2004 Part II. Kansas and Nebraska, 2011
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Mark J. Curran is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University where he worked from 1968 to 2011. He has written fifty-three books, eight in academic circles before retirement, forty-five with author's publishing since retirement. Color cover images and summaries of the books appear on his website: www.currancordelconnection.com. His e-mail address is profmark@asu.edu. The books run the gamut from travel, teaching and research in Spain and Portugal and Latin America in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and especially Brazil. Also, there are accounts of cultural speaker on LEX -National Geographic Trips, autobiographic books from the farm and Jesuit education, and the fictionalization of all the above. A new series is the Scamp Diaries. "The Scamp Odyssey - The First Trailer Diary" is the first in a new series by the author telling of annual trailer trips from 2004 to 2022. The title is inspired by "The Motorcycle Diary." In Part I the author details travel from Vallecito Lake, Colorado, to Backus Minnesota and return, a 4000-mile trip. He details places passed and visited with commentary on the local history - towns of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, Walsenburg, La Junta and Lamar in Colorado, then across Kansas. Syracuse, Johnson and farm country, Ulysses, the Mennonite heritage country in Kansas, and his hometown Abilene, are followed by the Kansas Flint Hills, Marysville and its trails west. Wildlife Refuges in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota follow reflecting the author and his wife's interest in birding. The main character of the book, the Scamp Trailer, follows from its factory in Backus, a test run to Duluth and the north shore of Lake Superior, the Gran Portage, Wolves at Ely, across farmland of South Dakota, Pierre and the Missouri River, and finally Laramie, Rocky Mountain National Park and "home" to Vallecito. Part II, a return to the plains of Kansas and Nebraska in 2011 follows. Trains, Planes and the Scamp.
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“THE SCAMP ODYSSEY” is the first in a new series by the author telling of annual trailer trips from 2004 to 2022. The title is inspired by “The Motorcycle Diary.” In Part I the author details travel from Vallecito Lake, Colorado, to Backus Minnesota and return, a 4000-mile trip. He details places passed and visited with commentary on the local history - towns of the San Luis Valley in Colorado, Walsenburg, La Junta and Lamar in Colorado, then across Kansas. Syracuse, Johnson and farm country, Ulysses, the Mennonite heritage country in Kansas, and his hometown Abilene, are followed by the Kansas Flint Hills, Marysville and its trails west. Wildlife Refuges in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Minnesota follow reflecting the author and his wife’s interest in birding. The main character of the book, the Scamp Trailer, follows from its factory in Backus, a test run to Duluth and the north shore of Lake Superior, the Gran Portage, Wolves at Ely, across farmland of South Dakota, Pierre and the Missouri River, and finally Laramie, Rocky Mountain National Park and “home” to Vallecito. Part II, a return to the plains of Kansas and Nebraska in 2011 follows. Trains, Planes and the Scamp.
About the Author
Mark J. Curran is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University where he worked from 1968 to 2011. He has written fifty-three books, eight in academic circles before retirement, forty-five with author’s publishing since retirement. Color cover images and summaries of the books appear on his website: www.currancordelconnection.com. His e-mail address is profmark@asu.edu. The books run the gamut from travel, teaching and research in Spain and Portugal and Latin America in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and especially Brazil. Also, there are accounts of cultural speaker on LEX -National Geographic Trips, autobiographic books from the farm and Jesuit education, and the fictionalization of all the above. A new series is the Scamp Diaries.