A. Kelly Pruitt
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In the last vestiges of the Wild West, in what is now called Big Bend National Park, A. Kelly Pruitt sets his story based on events in his own life. I
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n the 1930's a thirteen-year-old boy aspires to become a cowboy, quits school & takes a job as a cook's helper with a band of horse hunters. Fate pulls Kelly to the hut of an old curandera, a Toltec Nagua & his education truly begins. With La Cuida, he finds not only a kindred spirit, but also a philosophy that provides him with a valuable set of guidelines to use in his journey through life. When he returns to the horse hunters, he sees the world with new eyes & his life & relationships are shaped accordingly. In Kelly's struggle to become a man, his memories, romantic cowboy ideals & the new 'teachings' hold him aloft while he wrestles with his personal trails. He returns to Presidio, the past & those who peopled it. It is an inward journey, full of humor, heartache & the new knowing that spurs him towards his future & his search for freedom.
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