Stories From History's Dust Bin

Slim Randles: Tough Sledding - Episode 32


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It’s not that Slim Randles didn’t graduate from high school… he just took a different route!
 
 
Slim’s diploma came years later when he was honored, in part, because of the books he’s written and for doing something that most folks would never attempt.
 
 
In one of his books, A Cowboy’s Guide To Growing Up Right, he asks “What is it that successful people have in common?”
 
 
And the answer to that question can be found in the title of the chapter: Find a Passion.
 
 
Here is the story of Slim Randles, a man who has not only written some wonderful books, but almost "passioned" himself to death on a frozen trail in Alaska.
 
 
 
Stories from History’s Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories. These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual. Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.
 
Each podcast episode features one of over 450 short stories from either Winterton’s Award-Winning Stories from Dust Bin series* or the companion volume, From Ace to Zamboni: 101 More Dust Bin Stories, as narrated by either the author or his son, William, or daughter, Jana.
 
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The Entire History’s Dust Bin Collection Is Available On Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bDrip4
 
 
 
* Winner of the Arizona Book of the Year Award for 2016
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Stories From History's Dust BinBy Wayne Winterton, Ph.D.