Florida Cracker Boy: Tales of Misspent Youth

...As Yang to Betsy’s Yin, Lee Paulet’s  “Florida Cracker Boy: Tales of a Misspent Youth” teems with adventures, fishing tips and crusty language.  His yarn “On the Evils of skipping school” traces a teenage lark which mixes some incredibly dumb coincidence, a good friend Chuck, Chuck’s rifle, and a ’56 Nash Rambler.   Lee describes the pair as “country boys, as stubborn as razorbacks and mean as shedding rattlesnakes.”
 
Despite the reader’s intrigue with a young man’s tomfoolery, Lee Paulet dedicates the book to the Boy Scouts of America --”who do a fine job of instilling values in America’s youth.”
 
Now living in Citrus, Paulet voices concerns about Florida’s fragile ecosystems and unwarranted growth.  A genuine Cacker, Lee lives the finest lessons of scouting...

Previous is an excerpt from review of authors Betsy Bolger Paulet and Lee Paulet by columnist Jim Davis, Citrus County Chronicle.