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The year is 1961. Chris and Tom Sabo, cousins and best friends, are eagerly looking forward to a carefree summer vacation in their hometown of Elkville, Ohio. Swimming, camping out in the backyard, and exploring the woods and rocks of nearby Cascade Park are only part of their plans for the best summer ever. Eleven-year-old Chris, shy and nervous around girls, anxiously awaits the return of the girl he secretly adores; and Chris knows that with Tom's wild imagination, excitement and adventure are never far away. But the carefree summer vacation soon turns into a nightmare, as Cascade Park becomes the scene of a number of unusual accidents. But are they accidents? Could the "witch" who lives in an old mansion next to Marymount Cemetery somehow be responsible, or do the curious happenings in the park involve a distant relative of theirs named Eddie, a strange man who believes himself to be a famous detective? As the boys learn more and more about the terrifying events, they are propelled into a mystery that reaches its ultimate climax during a violent snowstorm in the wilds of Cascade Park. Only then do they learn the astonishing truth.

In a book that is part memoir, part documentary and part fictional narrative, Richard Bevis follows an assortment of teenage "savages" as they descend on Yellowstone Park in 1957, looking for action (and each other) while working at a variety of jobs. Blending comedy and seriousness, *Dudes and Savages: The Resonance of Yellowstone* moves from geology to romance, from history to salesmanship, from mountain climbing to practical jokes on the hapless "dudes." The book traces the well-intentioned but blundering Mason Dixon from his setting off to his return home, and in its final chapters considers the impact that Yellowstone had on him and some other characters over the years. William Wordsworth wrote, There are in our existence spots of time, That with distinct pre-eminence retain A renovating virtue, whence our minds Are nourished and invisibly repaired. Mason wonders if that summer of 1957 among the bears and geysers could have been one of them.

Intriguing stories of how people have died in Yellowstone warn about the many dangers that exist there and in wild areas in general.

"For as long as they have existed, the national parks have been the scene of some of the most intensive commercial activity in the American West. Selling Yellowstone recounts the story of such activities in our oldest park from the 1870s through the 1960s. It is the first book to examine critically the role of business in the development of America's national parks, demonstrating how profit-driven entrepreneurs shaped the physical landscape of what is generally perceived as unaltered wilderness."--BOOK JACKET.

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