Laugh in recognition of this heart-warming tale of a rural teen “country mouse” in the big city in Rifles, Shanties, and My Absent Chaperone by Gordon Gordey.
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What happens when a 1960s rural teen wrangles a train daytrip to the big city of Edmonton? His unlikely chaperone is only experienced in a vagabond lifestyle.
Discover the heartbeat shops of busy Jasper Avenue and thrill of hunting rifle buying antics. Go along on the teen’s adventure as he explores off-beat shantytown shacks when his chaperone goes astray.
Young readers and anyone who has ever naively been an outsider discovering the mystery of city streets will see themselves in this heart-warming road-trip story.
Inspired by a true event and re-inspired in this work of fiction.