[Scrambler Bob]

I remember checking out school library books like Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Wyatt Earp, Jeremiah Johnson . . . . And there were others, not all boy books.

Maybe the heroes were sugar-coated, but I got to know their names, locations, general accomplishments, and time in history.

The ‘evil’ side of their life was not needed. I wouldn’t have understood it anyway. And the culture at the time did not denigrate people publicly as a matter of course.

As I matured and learned of the ‘evil’ in us all, I could accept their foibles and incorporate them into their life history.

Things are so much different today.

[ferret_airlift]

Part of it is also just good storytelling. Many of those details flat aren’t relevant depending on the story being told.

[Little Ray]

I remember those, al along with Landmark history books and Colby books.