An insanely naive boy has summer free after high school and before college; he volunteers to be a junior forester in Arizona. Here he stumbles upon an illegal sawmill in national forest. There are multiple kidnappings; wildlife encounters; gunshots; whoa, a forest fire!. Our hero saves the day and goes home, remarkably, just as naive as when he arrived.
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An insanely naive boy has summer free after high school and before college; he volunteers to be a junior forester in Arizona. Here he stumbles upon an illegal sawmill in national forest. There are multiple kidnappings; wildlife encounters; gunshots; whoa, a forest fire!. Our hero saves the day and goes home, remarkably, just as naive as when he arrived.
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The Young Forester is one of Zane Grey's "Ken Ward" books for boys, but don't let that deter you from buying it. It has all the flavor and tenor of any Zane Grey book with its descriptive quality and its action sequences as Ken gets into all kinds of trouble in Arizona riding mustangs, hunting bears, and lions in the Grand Canyon and vicinity. He meets many "characters" along the way who help educate him to the ways of the West. This is a great book of outdoor adventure for the young and the young at heart, and fills out any Zane Grey collection. Enjoy it for what it is and appreciate it as you would any of his books, and watch as a master story teller learns his craft in one of his early works. Highly recommended.