How Angel Peterson got his name : and other outrageous tales about extreme sports

WHEN YOU GROW up in a small town in the north woods, you have to make your own excitement. High spirits, idiocy, and showing off for the girls inspire Gary Paulsen and his friends to attempt: Shooting waterfalls in a barrel The first skateboarding Breaking the world record for speed on skis by being towed behind a souped-up car, and then ... hitting gravel Jumping three barrels like motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel, except they only have bikes Wrestling ... a bear? Extreme sports lead to extreme fun in new tales from Gary's boyhood. A New York Times Bestseller From the Hardcover edition Author Gary Paulsen relates tales from his youth in a small town in northwestern Minnesota in the late 1940s and early 1950s, such as skiing behind a souped-up car and imitating daredevil Evel Knievel