Kids in the Wind

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These seven short stories trace the childhood memories of a young boy, humorously nicknamed General Custer. The General, optimistic by nature and battered by circumstances, moves from Corvallis, Oregon, to the coastal town of Fairhaven, California. In this patchwork tarpaper town, on the north spit of Humboldt Bay, there are no phones, no indoor to

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"More than almost any writer since Mark Twain, Wethern opens a window onto the lives of young kids in a rural, working-class town. Wethern's spot-on psychology and pitch-perfect dialogue bring into memorable and touching reality the kids' adventures and their skill at outfoxing the grown-ups."
--Don Marshall, Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books, Pepperdine University

Author Bio

A Southern California native, businessman, Brad Wethern is a Cal Berkeley graduate. An actor for several years in San Francisco, New York and Chicago, he returned to California to go into business as a real estate agent. He has recently appeared as a regular on the KVCR TV show, Voice of the Inland Empire, hosted by Ron Stark. Additionally, he appears as a motivational speaker on a regular basis at the Claremont Center for Spiritual Living. He has two grown children and makes his home in Ontario, California.