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Stories by Mike Doyle
A preserved collection of Mike Doyle's family stories, prepared from verified transcriptions of scanned typewritten pages with QR-linked Orakel companion routes.
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When I Was Young and in Alaska
When I Was Young and in Alaska from Stories by Mike Doyle. This companion answers from the preserved family story text and keeps the focus on memory, read-aloud support, and storytelling style. Opening passage: Back when I was about 18 I spent a season in Alaska working in the salmon cannery. After the canning season was over I stayed and that is when this story takes place. My friend, Ed Jackson, and I had talked about going to Idaho to work in the potato harvest there. Ed and I met while we were both working in the peach harvest in central California. One day Ed said, "Mike, let's go to Idaho and pick up potatoes. We can ...
Open2My Adventures in Africa
My Adventures in Africa from Stories by Mike Doyle. This companion answers from the preserved family story text and keeps the focus on memory, read-aloud support, and storytelling style. Opening passage: My thoughts were cold, and dank as the fog that surrounded everything that winter morning on the docks of San Francisco. I was going to a small greasy spoon cafe for my breakfast. I often ate here and I knew the food was pretty bad, but it was cheap. This morning was going to be different, although I didn't know that and was feeling very blue. I was blue because I had just recently returned from Alaska, where I had l...
Open3Coon Huntin' on the River
Coon Huntin' on the River from Stories by Mike Doyle. This companion answers from the preserved family story text and keeps the focus on memory, read-aloud support, and storytelling style. Opening passage: The moans, groans and whimpers coming from the tree top were the pitiful mews of a starving kitten. It was truly amazing to hear these heartrending sounds from a man as large as Slim Atwell. But Slim was hurting badly. Slim had talked to my dad earlier that day about going coon hunting and my dad had said, " Let's go!" When he came home he told me to get the lights and the dogs ready to go hunting. I was all for it a...
Open4Strange Events at the Phi Kappa Phi Initiation Banquet
Strange Events at the Phi Kappa Phi Initiation Banquet from Stories by Mike Doyle. This companion answers from the preserved family story text and keeps the focus on memory, read-aloud support, and storytelling style. Opening passage: There were hard thunderstorms on the night of April 9 and perhaps that had somewhat to do with the strange events that occurred at the Phi Kappa Phi initiation banquet at the University of Arkansas. The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society is a prestigious honor society, usually allowing only those persons of highest academic credentials to become members. The high academic credentials suggest a higher than average degree of ...
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