Location: United States
Member Since:
Jan. 18, 2021
Charles C. Ledbetter
Biography
Charles C. “Charlie” Ledbetter enjoyed a legal and consulting career for more than forty years. As the Trail Boss for the Ledbetter Land & Cattle Company, he is an accomplished public speaker, consultant to businesses, and author/publisher of non-fiction memoirs.
Charlie pursued adventures through unique summer jobs and travels during his college years and learned lessons he applied throughout his life. The stories of those summers became the sources for this series of books, Look Out! Here Comes Summer – My Incredible College Summers. The first book in the series, A Teenager Goes to Washington – My Summer as a Congressional Intern – 1966 is available now. Other books in the series include Charlie’s experiences as the horse wrangler at an exclusive summer camp for girls in Rollinsville, Colorado; travels and adventures from traveling to Alaska with a longtime friend in a 1967 Pontiac and spending the summer in the far north; and the summer Charlie graduated college, started law school, received an induction notice for military service and served in the United States Marine Corps.
Charlie is also the author of a well-received non-fiction memoir, Unexpected Conversations with Teenagers – A Spiritual Journey with Young Minds, based on this thirty-three years of teaching a senior high Sunday school class in Colorado.
An avid reader and volunteer, he holds a B.A. in history from Baylor University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. Charlie serves as the historian for his local church, Hope UMC, in Greenwood Village, Colorado and served eleven years on the board of directors for the United Methodist Foundation for the MountainSky Conference.
Charlie is married, lives in Denver, Colorado near his two sons, enjoys attending the varied activities of his four grandchildren, and is an avid photographer. He has traveled extensively, visiting five continents and twenty-six countries worldwide.
Charlie pursued adventures through unique summer jobs and travels during his college years and learned lessons he applied throughout his life. The stories of those summers became the sources for this series of books, Look Out! Here Comes Summer – My Incredible College Summers. The first book in the series, A Teenager Goes to Washington – My Summer as a Congressional Intern – 1966 is available now. Other books in the series include Charlie’s experiences as the horse wrangler at an exclusive summer camp for girls in Rollinsville, Colorado; travels and adventures from traveling to Alaska with a longtime friend in a 1967 Pontiac and spending the summer in the far north; and the summer Charlie graduated college, started law school, received an induction notice for military service and served in the United States Marine Corps.
Charlie is also the author of a well-received non-fiction memoir, Unexpected Conversations with Teenagers – A Spiritual Journey with Young Minds, based on this thirty-three years of teaching a senior high Sunday school class in Colorado.
An avid reader and volunteer, he holds a B.A. in history from Baylor University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. Charlie serves as the historian for his local church, Hope UMC, in Greenwood Village, Colorado and served eleven years on the board of directors for the United Methodist Foundation for the MountainSky Conference.
Charlie is married, lives in Denver, Colorado near his two sons, enjoys attending the varied activities of his four grandchildren, and is an avid photographer. He has traveled extensively, visiting five continents and twenty-six countries worldwide.
Where to find Charles C. Ledbetter online
Website: http://charlescledbetter.com
Books
A Teenager Goes to Washington / My Summer as a Congressional Intern–1966
by Charles C. Ledbetter
Price:
$9.00 USD.
Words: 80,030.
Language:
American English.
Published: January 21, 2021
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Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir
A teenager from a small, rural town on the high plains of Texas improbably gains a summer job in Washington D.C. This memoir relates the story of his coming of age in the presence of powerful people and institutions. You will enjoy the author’s stories of preparing for the job, his official duties, the memorable people he met, and his escapades at various locations in and around the Capital.