FROM YOUR BCC LIBRARY
By Nancy Henderson
One of the most delightful books I’ve read in quite a while is Road to Courage: A Boy’s Adventures on America's Last Frontier, by BCC member Roy Taylor. This true-life adventure is recounted from the perspective of four-year-old Roy who journeyed with his parents and adventuresome, slightly-older brother to build a church in the village of Valdez on the Alaskan frontier. Traveling the Alcan highway, much of it no more than gravel and potholes, proved to be something of a hair-raising adventure in itself.
When, at last, they arrived in Valdez, they found life in the village to be as challenging as their journey to get there. Mere survival required hunting, fishing, cutting timber and preparing it for use, and preparing and storing food for the long winter. Roy’s memoir paints a picture of his courageous, determined family and the faith that sustained them as the preschool brothers worked alongside their father to construct a log church—without power tools.
Amid their struggles and adventures, they found new friends, helpers to share their challenges and their fun, and a community to brighten their first dark winter and Christmas in their new home.
This new addition to our BCC library is inspiring and entertaining, and I eagerly await the sequel. You’ll find this award-winning book in the Biography section.
