WEST FROM YESTERDAY EXCERPT: TUCKER CLAIRBORNE

“It is with that information that I tell you of my plans for the foreseeable future. While I think of home, of you and Amy, of Warwick, every day, indeed several times each day, I will remain out here for a while longer. Truth be told, I am exhilarated by the very unpredictability to which I referred earlier. Matching my abilities to challenges that arise from nowhere gives me a sense of accomplishment I had not known until I ventured west.”