The Ridge Boys
Encourages readers to have compassion and love for your neighbor
New Book Shares the Story of Boyhood Adventures and Friendship
Encourages readers to have compassion and love for your neighbor
2017-03-30
MAITLAND, FL— Jan
Christian Hipple & Orion Carina Fox’s new book The Ridge Boys ($14.99, paperback,
9781629529233; $7.99, eBook, 9781629529240) reintroduces
to our jaded world that childhood is a time for imagination and unlimited dreams.
This still was the way people lived, in our country, even during the political
unrest of the 1960s and '70s. The Ridge
Boys were four country boys who held true to their Christian beliefs, and
sought knowledge about the world from their neighbors, in the rolling hills of
West Virginia. A not-so- silent Nature plays a major role in shaping this
narrative's theme of compassion and the ability to overcome the tribulations of
life.
Hipple says, “In
an attempt to share stories of my childhood, I could not escape speaking about
those horrific changes that have occurred. I was compelled to point out the
continuing efforts of unprincipled men and women who try to dismantle our
republic. We as Americans have forgotten the importance of living within nature
and by God's will. Teaching children what love and virtue means, as our fathers
taught us. We attempt to busy our children to keep them out of harm's way,
instead of demonstrating for them how to appreciate the important aspects of
life, like honesty and courage.”
The
Ridge Boys uses the story of boyhood adventures and friendship, in rural
America to impart a sense of history as seen through the eyes of these young
men. A main theme in all of their stories, really memories, is the importance
of having compassion and love for your neighbor -- no matter their standing in
society, the color of their skin, their religion, or their political ideals.
These things rarely matter in the eyes of children. The authors lived an
American life that is now extinct. That life was filled with church sermons,
home-cooked meals, chores done as a duty and not for an allowance, lessons from
parents, and struggles that taught children to handle adversity and their own failures,
through hard work. They are not experts, but merely eyewitnesses, as members of
society, for these last six decades within the United States.
Xulon
Press, a division of Salem Media Group, is the world’s largest Christian
self-publisher, with more than 12,000 titles published to date. Retailers may
order The Ridge Boys through Ingram Book Company and/or Spring Arbor Book
Distributors. The book is available online through xulonpress.com/bookstore,
amazon.com, and barnesandnoble.com.