"CHASING TURKEYS is by turns crazy, hilarious, and inspiring. You might be skeptical at first, but seduced by a page-turning narrative, you'll be rewarded by a story that is not only fun and funny but powerful and moving."-- Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of SOUL OF AN OCTOPUS As a teenager, Kenton Whitman lived for three months in the wilderness of northern Wisconsin, where he discovered a deep passion for life and nature. Fast forward twenty years (and one too many pints of ice cream), and Kenton realizes that he needs something new to define his life and restore the lost adventures of his youth. So he embarks upon an impossible quest-to catch a wild turkey with his bare hands, then release it back into the wild. Join Kenton in his training misadventures as he wrangles baby cows, experiences the folly of playing paint-ball with his wife, and learns lessons about hypothermia, wilderness survival, and never giving up. Culminating in a series of turkey chases set in one of the most brutal winters in Wisconsin's history, Kenton lopes through farmers' fields, forests, and ravines, only to find that the turkeys have led him to something more profound than his original goal-a new understanding of life's meaning, of humans' connection with nature, and of the importance of chasing after our dreams, however improbable they may be.
