An Experiment in Tradition Nurtures Wonder

An Experiment in Tradition Nurtures Wonder
Biba Kayewich
Walker Larson
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In 1936, a 13-year-old boy from New York, who had run away from home, walked down a lonely road in South Dakota while a storm menaced in the murky clouds above. A trucker pulled over by the wayfarer and shouted, “Kid, there’s a tornado brewin’. Get in!” The boy did so and was saved from the tornado. The trucker, Morgan Tinzer, took him to his house and eventually contacted the boy’s parents.

What was the young New Yorker doing out west on that stormy day, without his parents’ knowledge?

Walker Larson
Walker Larson
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Prior to becoming a freelance journalist and culture writer, Walker Larson taught literature and history at a private academy in Wisconsin, where he resides with his wife and daughter. He holds a master's in English literature and language, and his writing has appeared in The Hemingway Review, Intellectual Takeout, and his Substack, The Hazelnut. He is also the author of two novels, "Hologram" and "Song of Spheres."
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