A Frog’s Tale
A Memoir of Growing up in Southeast Alaska on the Eve of Statehood
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In 1956, when I was ten, my father got transferred. Being an army brat this wasn't anything new, but still the idea upset me a little. I mean geez, here I am at the top of my form on a Little League team, in Cub Scouts, and I had a bunch of friends and everything. Then my dad told us where we were going, Alaska! Wow that changed everything, for me at least. This would be a real move, Alaska!
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Raney “Budd” Wright—an Army brat—couldn’t help but be annoyed when at age ten he found out his family would be moving again. Then his dad told him where they were going: Alaska. Right away, his attitude changed—this move was going to be an adventure!
Wright looks back at what it was like growing up in a tight-knit military family in Alaska on the eve of statehood. The family moved in September 1956, settling in Douglas before moving to Juneau. He was immediately impressed by the family’s creepy old house, which had great views of the Gastineau Channel and a gold mine. With his dad and brothers, John and Richard, he enjoyed hunting small game, fishing, hiking, camping, and sometimes simply exploring the woods.
He also became blood brothers with an Indian, which resulted with Wright in being welcomed as a member of the Tlingit Nation, Auk (Sitka) Clan, and the Frog Clan House. Get ready to be inspired by beautiful landscapes, boyhood adventures, and memories of a way of life that no longer exists (but should) in A Frog’s Tale.
About the Author
Raney “Budd” Wright grew up as an Army brat stationed in North Carolina, Alaska, and Washington. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served three tours in Vietnam before becoming a real estate appraiser. He graduated from Central Washington State College. He’s retired and lives in Seattle with his wife, Judith.