Hoofbeats

Bestselling LDS novelist Lee Nelson (The Storm Testament) tells his life story the way he taught countless students to write their own personal histories: through vivid, funny, and heartfelt stories. From a mischievous California boyhood and summers on his grandfather's Utah farm, to a German mission, a Marine Corps commission, careers selling cars and inventing a roping machine, and the surprising path that made him a writer—Nelson weaves lessons about faith, persistence, and the imperfect truth. His guardian mule, Ingersoll, ties it all together.

• From the bestselling author of The Storm Testament comes the true story behind the storyteller.
• A working model of how to write your own personal history—told through unforgettable stories.
• How a skinny daydreamer who failed English became one of Utah's most-read authors.
• Guardian angels come in many forms—Lee Nelson's had long ears and was named Ingersoll.

“I've known people who claim in all sincerity that they enjoy the protection of guardian angels. I am one of them. But as described above, I also seem to have the protection of a guardian mule—or jackass—so I call my history Hoofbeats .”

Perfect for an older Latter-day Saint reader who loves Lee Nelson's novels, Western/frontier stories, and folksy faith-affirming memoirs, and who may be inspired to write their own personal history.