Chasing Good Sense

Homer McCarty (1868-1954) was a schoolteacher, mineral surveyor, owner of a drugstore and mercantile, and editor of the Sevier Valley Sun. He retired in 1940 and spent the remainder of his years writing. Coralie McCarty Beyers (1926-2017), granddaughter of Homer McCarty, was an English professor at Utah State University. An author, poet, and gifted artist, she is the editor of Man Meets Grizzly, which recounts her maternal grandfather's stories of bear encounters during the settling of the western frontier.

"The creation of the sensitive, fumbling, resilient boy-narrator Buck is a remarkable achievement, and his adventures and misadventures have the ring of authenticity. McCarty's Buck is not a derivative character but a true original. The book makes a significant literary and historical contribution." -Edward Geary, author of Goodbye to Poplarhaven: Recollections of a Utah Boyhood "The author tells a good story while documenting life during a pivotal time in the history of Utah Territory. By telling this story in the voice of a seven- or eight-year-old boy, he shares a unique perspective of pioneer life, one that contributes significantly to the historical record." -Lyman Hafen, author of In the Shade of the Cottonwoods: Notes of a Small-Town Boyhood