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HUGH DOWNS TALKS ABOUT HUBE YATES
I want to share a special day with you. Hube Yates was the subject of a memoir I wrote back in the 1970s and resurrected in 2002. The title is "From Thunder to Breakfast." He was a pioneer, firefighter, horseman, hunting guide and part-time minister. He had a tack-sharp memory even in his 70s, and saw humor in almost anything.
Last Saturday the Cave Creek Museum in Cave Creek, Arizona held a fund-raiser book signing. The big draw was that Hugh Downs, who wrote the Foreword for us,would give a talk about Hube Yates, whom he knew quite well.
Downs is quite a gentleman. Before the talk he had the Museum Director motion for me to come out into the hall. As I stood before him he asked if I would mind if he signed the books with me. "I would LOVE IT!" I replied. I had the feeling that he wanted to be sure he remembered me. He was kind enough to give me credit for writing the book and wanted to be sure to call attention to the right person. I was sitting on he front row, of course. It had been probably 25 years since we had seen each other. I could contact him when he lived in Carefree, Arizona and commuted weekly to New York City to host the 20/20 program, but I had lost track of him.
The talk about Hube was full of fun. The Yates family filled one row and my family another. Then Downs asked if anyone in the audience had a Hube Yates story, and one after the other they told their anecdotes.
At a slight lull in the signing I told him that I had been trying to find him in order to get his address so that I might send him my latest book. He said that he had a
Cave Creek book at home with a long title. I helped him along with "There's Something About Cave Creek (It's The People)." He looked surprised and said,
"That's it!" Then he added, "I lifted some of the material from it for the talk."
I smiled. Maybe I chuckled.
Last Saturday the Cave Creek Museum in Cave Creek, Arizona held a fund-raiser book signing. The big draw was that Hugh Downs, who wrote the Foreword for us,would give a talk about Hube Yates, whom he knew quite well.
Downs is quite a gentleman. Before the talk he had the Museum Director motion for me to come out into the hall. As I stood before him he asked if I would mind if he signed the books with me. "I would LOVE IT!" I replied. I had the feeling that he wanted to be sure he remembered me. He was kind enough to give me credit for writing the book and wanted to be sure to call attention to the right person. I was sitting on he front row, of course. It had been probably 25 years since we had seen each other. I could contact him when he lived in Carefree, Arizona and commuted weekly to New York City to host the 20/20 program, but I had lost track of him.
The talk about Hube was full of fun. The Yates family filled one row and my family another. Then Downs asked if anyone in the audience had a Hube Yates story, and one after the other they told their anecdotes.
At a slight lull in the signing I told him that I had been trying to find him in order to get his address so that I might send him my latest book. He said that he had a
Cave Creek book at home with a long title. I helped him along with "There's Something About Cave Creek (It's The People)." He looked surprised and said,
"That's it!" Then he added, "I lifted some of the material from it for the talk."
I smiled. Maybe I chuckled.
FROM THUNDER TO BREAKFAST By Yates and Garrison
I'm the author of the above book about Hube Yates' life stories. Today I read the latest review by Alicia Hathcock at Amazon.com. You can look it up or, if permissible, I can post it here. It is glowing — the best since the one published by Critique Magazine. I'd love for you to read it.
Gene K. Garrison
Gene K. Garrison
Books
Mention books or writing and you have my attention. I love readers. That's because I'm a writer. Reams of stuff about my career are on view link or Google.
I don't write the usual genres — just write what I want, then try to figure it out. It often turns out to be lifestyles of fascinating characters, people I've interviewed. I did write a children's book titled Javelina! Have-uh-WHAT? (Have-uh-LEE-nah). It's about wild pig-like animals that roam our Southwestern deserts. Did you ever hear of such an animal? I used to delight in photographing them through the windows of our home.
I don't write the usual genres — just write what I want, then try to figure it out. It often turns out to be lifestyles of fascinating characters, people I've interviewed. I did write a children's book titled Javelina! Have-uh-WHAT? (Have-uh-LEE-nah). It's about wild pig-like animals that roam our Southwestern deserts. Did you ever hear of such an animal? I used to delight in photographing them through the windows of our home.
Books
Mention books or writing and you have my attention. I love readers. That's because I'm a writer. Reams of stuff about my career are on view link
I don't write the usual genres — just write what I want, then try to figure it out. It often turns out to be lifestyles of fascinating characters, people I've interviewed. I did write a children's book titled Javelina! Have-uh-WHAT? (Have-uh-LEE-nah). It's about wild pig-like animals that roam our Southwestern deserts. Did you ever hear of such an animal? I used to delight in photographing them through the windows of our home.
I don't write the usual genres — just write what I want, then try to figure it out. It often turns out to be lifestyles of fascinating characters, people I've interviewed. I did write a children's book titled Javelina! Have-uh-WHAT? (Have-uh-LEE-nah). It's about wild pig-like animals that roam our Southwestern deserts. Did you ever hear of such an animal? I used to delight in photographing them through the windows of our home.
