▁the ▁Home ▁Cor ral ▁( 1 9 6 1 ). ▁His ▁many ▁short ▁stories ▁and ▁articles ▁are ▁listed ▁below . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Ern ▁Ped ler ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁May ▁ 3 1 , ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁in ▁Pro spect , ▁South ▁Australia . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁his ▁parents ▁em igr ated ▁with ▁their ▁children ▁to ▁the ▁American ▁state ▁of ▁Ut ah . ▁There , ▁he ▁grew ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁mouth ▁of ▁Big ▁Cot ton wood ▁C any on . ▁A ▁neighbor ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁hard ▁r iding ▁" mount ain ▁man " ▁taught ▁him ▁hors em ans hip ▁and ▁mountain ▁r iding ▁on ▁must angs . ▁When ▁Ped ler ▁was ▁six teen ▁years ▁old , ▁he ▁quit ▁school ▁and ▁spent ▁the ▁winter ▁alone ▁in ▁the ▁mountains . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁his ▁mid - th irt ies , ▁he ▁had ▁established ▁a ▁reputation ▁on ▁the ▁trail ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁fear less ▁must anger . ▁George ▁B . ▁Russell ’ s ▁classic ▁Ho of print s ▁in ▁Time , ▁includes ▁a ▁length y ▁segment ▁about ▁Ped ler ▁and ▁his ▁Morgan ▁st all ion ▁F lying ▁J ub ile e . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁Am os ▁Mos her ▁described ▁some ▁of ▁Ped ler ' s ▁explo its ▁to ▁magazine ▁editor ▁Sum ner ▁Ke an ▁who ▁then ▁asked ▁Ped ler ▁to ▁send ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁what ▁he ▁was ▁doing . ▁For ▁many ▁years ▁there after , ▁the ▁magazine ▁published ▁Ped ler ’ s ▁articles ▁and ▁short