Mr. Ledbetter's Boots

by M Ernest Johnson

A 95-YEAR-OLD TUSKEGEE AIRMAN intends to become the oldest known person to complete the iconic 40-mile trek to Everest Base Camp.

Raymond Ulysses Ledbetter is an impossibility of humanity. After narrowly surviving the crash of his P-51 Mustang into the Austrian Alps during WWII, then-18-year-old Raymond's escape from certain death became a thing of legend and launched his 75-year obsession with mountaineering. Now, in defiance of the laws of aging, his sights are set on fulfilling a life-long dream - experiencing Mt. Everest with his own eyes and via his own two feet. Hiking alongside Raymond through the incomparable Khumbu is North Carolina writer Joe Vogler, a hotshot journalist hoping to make his mark in the world of social-justice broadcast news. Little does Joe know that Raymond's strange, old hiking boots hold a historical secret that will turn the adventure on its head.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1734091916
• ISBN13: 9781734091915
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Mark E. Johnson
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"