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M.J. Evans
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PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History
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Southern Hospitality
My father was orphaned at the age of twelve. As a result, he was sent to live with a kind aunt and uncle in Laurel, Mississippi. Soon, the family moved to Central Oregon, the state where my dad lived for the rest of his life. Separated from his brothers and sisters at a time when travel was uncommon, he didn't see the rest of his siblings for a quarter of a century. When I was twelve, we traveled to Louisiana to meet our cousins. I remember well the wonderful Southern Hospitality we received. We attended numerous afternoon watermelon and lemonade parties hosted by friends and neighbors. As I read the journals kept by two of the Overland Westerners, I realized I was reading about a time long past and probably never to be repeated. While there were times the men and horses met rude people, there were more times when they met kind and generous people who gladly shared what they had with them. I yearn for that hospitality in our society.
Book Excerpt
PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History
By the time we left the barn in Dixon, the rain was coming down in sheets. Soon, the rain turned to snow, and we found ourselves in an all-out blizzard. The snow kept freezing to my shoes and forming a ball of ice beneath my hooves. This caused me to roll on my hooves and stumble. The other horses were having just as much trouble as I was. George and Fat kept dismounting and knocking the snow out of our hooves.
It wasn’t long before we were all soaked through and shivering. We found a stable to rest in for the night and the men threw out their bedrolls to sleep on the floor. The son of J.B Price, who worked the farm came into the barn and said, “You boys needn’t go hungry around this place. Follow me into town and I’ll buy ya’ll supper.”
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