The Legend of Henry Pumpkinskins

About the Book

It is outback Australia in 1877. A young aboriginal boy is out wandering and strays too far from his family. He is kidnapped by a drunken bearded bushranger who ties him up and takes him with him for a journey. Then a few nights later the bushranger passes out around the campfire and the boy escapes. He takes with him a bag with an extendable telescope in it. He also takes a henry rifle that the bushranger had threatened him with. Wrapping it up in a leather cloth he ties a string to it at each end and throws it over his shoulder for a journey back home. He is disorientated and goes the wrong way. He walks on for days having adventures, hunting and seeing dingoes and other animals and a few people along the way. He follows the river to find his way back home.

About the Author

Rick Howell was born in Brisbane Australia, his youth was mostly spent travelling and moving around. As a child he experienced many diverse people and places, feeling strongly about social behaviours and the environment, he chose a path in the agricultural irrigation industry helping save the worlds water one drip at a time. As an outlet to declutter he used writing to tell stories, now taking his hobby to the next level and sharing his passion of short story writing. Bringing his passion out of the box to show others that anything is possible. Genres vary from ghosts to aliens, from time travel to mind control and many, many more.