A Guide's Tale

By Gerald R Patterson

This breathtaking memoir follows the early life and times of Gerald Patterson, a remarkable young man raised in a lakeside cabin in northern Minnesota with the wilderness at his back door. Through a series of stories told as though sitting around a campfire, Dr. Patterson describes how he developed the outdoor skills that were required for the rite of passage into manhood in his tight-knit family. The author invites readers to get to know the family as he shares stories from his wilderness upbringing, successfully recapturing the wonder and imagination they inspired in him as a child. He later describes his experience as a canoe guide in the 1940s and 50s, narrating tales of adventure and bravado, yet never straying far from a quiet sense of beauty and appreciation for his surroundings. Eventually caught up in WWII, Patterson's life comes full circle when he returns to his family and realizes he can never lose what he learned there. A Guide's Tale is a moving tribute to the family and the wilderness that shaped an adventurous spirit, and an insightful journey into the life of a canoe guide as it has never been told before.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916154076
• ISBN13: 9780916154073
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Self Published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"