Boys of the Old Sea Bed: Tales of Nature and Adventure

The collection opens with a striking portrait of an ancient lakebed that once covered much of Wisconsin—a landscape now scarred by sandstone bluffs, granite islands and the remnants of long‑gone shorelines. As the narrator wanders the old sea’s dried plain, he reveals how early settlers and wildlife alike carved lives among the caves, cliffs and rushing rivers that still echo the power of forgotten waterfalls. The tone is both reverent and keenly observational, grounding each tale in the real geology and history of the region.

From there the book unfolds a series of vivid episodes: a boy’s first deer hunt, a daring chase after a fawn, encounters with great blue herons, and the tense rhythm of an Indian war dance. Each story captures the rugged courage, clean‑living values and sheer wonder of frontier youth, offering listeners a window into a world where nature and adventure were inseparable companions.