[Libs-Or] Seeking title of a book

[Joni Roberts]

And your patron might enjoy this interview on OPB:

https://www.opb.org/radio/programs/state-of-wonder/article/disjecta-biennial-lh-project-pamela-royes-jeffrey-thomas-portland-skyline/

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 10:35 AM Rich Wandschneider <
rich.wandschneider at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well--parts of your story are about Pam Royes' *Temperance Creek*. She
> was a college student and he was a Vietnam vet, originally from nearby Cove
> in Union County. Pam came out with some friends to do a backpack trip in
> Hells Canyon.  And yes, there is kind of a 70s hippyish subtext; she had
> started in N Dakota, taken off for a year on a grand hitch hike trip
> around the country before rejoining her folks, who had moved to Ashland.
> She finished high school there, and one of her friends had connections to
> the Wallowas. So they hike into Hells Canyon and find Skip, horseback,
> squatting there already for some time. Pam meets Skip, and off we go,
> herding sheep in Hells Canyon, wintering over at Red's Horse Ranch,
> settling down with kids, etc....
>
> It is a great story--I got to blurb it, and said something like anyone who
> was alive and aware in the late sixties, early seventies, knew people who
> were doing outrageous things, joining communes, riding horseback across
> country, writing the Old Fashioned Recipe Book in Idaho, etc. And maybe did
> some of them ourselves--or were certainly tempted to.
>
> By the way, it is also very well written. Published by legendary Jack
> Shoemaker at Counterpoint. Again, the title is Temperance Creek (name of
> the Hells Canyon sheep ranch they worked for)
>
> good luck! Good reading!
> rich
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 8:29 AM KRIST OBRIST <KOBRIST at ci.monmouth.or.us>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> I have a patron searching for the title of a book:
>>
>> "It's a biographical type story (may be based on her experiences?) and
>> the author still lives in Portland with her husband and children.
>>
>> I think it's set in the 70's. The main character meets a cowboy/loner bad
>> boy type and they end up together, even though she is very naive and
>> inexperienced. I believe she was living on a communal farm at the time.
>>
>> They travel all over Oregon working odd jobs, living hand to mouth, very
>> simply. They work as ranch hands at a resort called Red's Horse Ranch (I
>> think). A few times she connects with her parents in Portland and they
>> really disapprove of her life and try to get her to come home.
>>
>> Eventually they get married, have some kids and move to Portland.
>>
>> Not a great synopsis, but it should be enough for someone that knows the
>> book."
>>
>>
>> I haven't had any luck searching, hoping someone has read this book and
>> can direct me either to the author or the title.
>>
>> Thanks....Krist
>> ___________________________
>> Krist Obrist, Library Director
>> Monmouth Public Library
>> 168 Ecols St. S., Monmouth, OR 97361
>> 503-751-0193 || Facebook: MonmouthPublicLibrary
>> kobrist at ci.monmouth.or.us
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> rich.wandschneider at gmail.com
> josephylibrary.blogspot.com/
>


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Joni R. Roberts
Associate University Librarian for
Public Services and Collection Development

Mark O. Hatfield Library
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301

Email: jroberts at willamette.edu
Phone: (503) 370-6741
Fax: (503) 370-6141
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