paul michael crips

The young Wilson boys learn the ropes and become true cowboys in spite of Mother Nature's challenges, including encounters with a grizzly bear that nearly kills them. Facing summer snowstorms, coyotes and bears, the boys fill their father's shoes after he dies in a freak thunderstorm. Throughout the book, the young cowboys face the extremes of nature, overcome their fears, and learn to respect their differences as they survive their first summer range and fall roundup. Their efforts sustain the 53 Bar Ranch for another season.
Boulder Creek Rendezvous is set against the backdrop of the majestic Absaraka Range and the banks of the South Fork of the Shoshone River, forty miles as the eagle flies from Yellowstone National Park. The Wilson Brothers come of age in later 1930's near the small town of Cody, Wyoming.