Deep Within

About the Book

A variety of short fiction stories taking place in the rural U.S., particularly Vermont, between the colonial days and early 2000's. Fighting hunger, clearing the land to make suitable for the plow, log drives, collecting maple sap, and harvesting crops for livestock, and being sustainable through all this and hunting game to provide a necessary supplement to everyday life was the focus of those who came before us and a staple which has held on in modern life for some. Ian Ogden, Phil Frazier, Harland Grigsby, Sherman Walters, Quinn Dexter, Hawk Labrie, Glenn True, the Baker's, the Gibson's, and many other of these characters bring out this way of life through many generations. Stealing and back-stabbing, love and caring, a river rescue, an attack on  a hunter, wars and natural disasters, and the everyday challenges of country life on its people are present in these pages. 

About the Author

Tyler Mason is a sixth generation native Vermonter on the French side alone and has lived in the town of Albany, (Vermont), since birth. He started to write, (scribble), before even learning how to read. Teachers at school in his younger years used to say that he would never be able to read well. What a pleasant surprise. By the time he was eleven, he was putting together fictional stories and when he was fifteen he wrote a book that turned out to be 117 pages. That work has not yet been published. Also, at the age of eleven, Mason became a deer hunter. He took some criticism that he would never shoot a deer, (mostly from children at school). At the age of fifteen, a month after completing his 117 page book, he shot a 118 pound deer. Before completing his schooling, Mason became involved in the FFA. He went as far as becoming Vermont state FFA secretary for two years and achieving his American degree, which is the highest honor you can receive in the National FFA Organization. Mason now still lives in Albany. Aside from that, he tries to get a little logging done and help out farmers and landowners who need tasks completed on their land. He also takes college courses and tries to do some writing on the side. Below, Tyler Mason is pictured at the age of seventeen, when he began writing Deep Within.