Blake, Bryan

ABOUT THE AUTHOR What is now some of California's prime Granny Smith apple orchards and Almond groves was once the authors wild west prairie. From his earliest memories to the day he reached fifteen and struck out to see the rest of the world, the wide open spaces of the San Joaquin prairie was home. By the age of eleven (when school was out) he would take his single shot .22 rifle and a couple spring traps and trek across the waste land looking for game. Most days he didn't return before dark and at times, it would be midnight. He had free rein to go and come and nothing was said except the t...