Two Thousand Sons: The Story of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch

INSPIRING indeed is this story of the first half century of the world-famous Cal Farley's Boys Ranch on the high plains of northern Teexas, the only home for homeless or wayward boys in America situated and equipped for taming the tough, ambitious "wildcats" born to be leaders inside or outside the law. Here for the first time in print is Cal Farley's life story as told by Cal himself in collaboration with his close friend E. L Howe. It is the story also of Cal's wife Mimi and his daughter and son-in-law who have dedicated their own lives to bringing Cal's experiment to perfection in the 1980s. In this book you will meet dozens of unforgettable characters ranging from the nine-year-old boy prodigy who ran away from the ranch 17 times, to roguish Dutch Mantell, "the ugliest wrestler who ever lived, to "St-t-tutterin' Sam," Cal's foil in the hilarious noontime radio show broadcast daily from the Farley store. A book of great hope and spiritual nourishment, a must read.