The Adventures of Jake West — William Manchee

Jake West's father liked to travel and took Jake on many vacations all across America. Over the years Jake loved to tell his children about all of his wild and wonderful adventures on these trips.His children loved these stories and made him tell them over and over again. But they often complained that they hadn't experienced their own adventures and desperately wanted to do so.The Adventures of Jake West, Campfire Tales, is a collection of eight exciting and often amusing stories as well as a chronicle of the extraordinary events that took place on a trip Jake and his own children took to Yellowstone National Park.Step into the shoes of Jake West as he tangles with a black bear, is attacked by coyotes, tries to escape a deadly whirlpool, dines with hobos, and is forced to jump off a railroad bridge to escape being run over by a freight train.