Book Description
At 25 years old Kirby Schnebly was a young and successful loan officer on the West Coast, earning several millions for his bank. Why did he throw it all away to ride horseback 3,000 miles across America? For $100,000. To win a wager with a Korean-American businessman and fund a school for handicapped children in South Korea where Schnebly trained in Judo, Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do, becoming a Black Belt and Grand Champion. After his youngest brother fell victim to a medical mis-diagnosis after birth, rendering the baby permanently brain-damaged, Schnebly's mother, Wanda, undertook to establish residences for other retarded children, inspiring Kirby to undertake an odyssey to raise funds for similarly-handicapped South Korean children. Surviving attacks by Hells Angels and coyotes, wearing out seven horses during his hair-raising adventures, he finally reached his goal on a one-eyed mule named Mary, and with a dog named Blue. In this true account Kirby Schnebly relates his story. Within these pages are encounters with many celebrities including Muhammad Ali, Tommy Lasorda, Donald Trump, Playboy centerfolds, and others.
