The Man from Booger Hollow

As a little boy growing up in the tiny village of Booger Hollow ArkansasJeremiah felt the sting of abandonment and difference-he never knewhis father looked nothing like his much older siblings and was born intodeep poverty. From an early age he learned that food clothing and transportationwere often scarce. He never spent a single day in school.One day Jeremiah survived a vicious dog attack that left him badly scarred. Notlong afterward alone outside the cabin and weighed down by pain and lonelinesshe devised what he called the solution.Just then a stranger appeared-and Jeremiah's life changed course.At 17 with no education and little understanding of the world he left home tochase the classic American dream: hitchhiking to Alaska to strike it rich in thegold mines.But the most unimaginable part wasn't the journey-it was what he broughtwith him: a gifted live mule a trumpet a nearly empty duffel bag no moneyand an oversized share of grit and determination.When he finally arrives in Alaska Jeremiah does strike gold-but not in theway he expected.He becomes a wealthy man only to realize that fortune alone doesn't bringhappiness. In time he gives it all away-and ultimately uncovers the identityof the mysterious stranger from his youth along with the stranger's purpose.