Local Authors
The Wallowa valley is home to quite a few writers. Some write about the area and its history, others write about a variety of topics.
Biographies and Memoirs ~ Wallowa County & Its History ~ Other Topics
Alfred Habegger:
MY WARS ARE LAID AWAY IN BOOKS: The Life of Emily Dickinson by Alfred Habegger
The definitive treatment of Dickinson’s life and times, and of her poetic development, this biography shows how she could be both a woman of her era and a timeless creator. Although many aspects of her life and work will always elude scrutiny, her living, changing profile at least comes into focus in this meticulous biography. 20.00 paperback
The Father: A Life of Henry James Sr.
Henry James, Sr.'s children included William, the psychologist and philosopher; Henry Jr., the novelist; and Alice, author of a noted diary. What kind of father stood behind his epochally brilliant, original, energetic, and often troubled progeny? A noted writer himself, whose friends included the leading American thinkers of his time, James was a passionate, contradictory character. Alfred Habegger's The Father is the first biography that attempts to capture the bewildering complexities of the James father's public and private history - his early engagement with a radically deviant Calvinism, his stunning embrace of both authoritarian and democratic systems of ruling, his rich humanity and comic gifts, and his dealings with the most interesting people of his time. Henry Sr. had a headlong drivenness that took on a maniacal edge following his loss of a leg in adolescence, and as a father he turned the full force of what he was on his children. 21.95 paperback
Henry James and the 'Woman Business'
This is a historical critique of Henry James in relation to nineteenth-century feminism and women's fiction. Habegger has brought to light extensive new documentation on James's tangled connections with what was thought and written about women in his time. The emphasis is equally on his life and on his fictions. This is the first book to investigate his father's bizarre lifelong struggle with free love and feminism, a struggle that played a major role in shaping James. The book also shows how seriously he distorted the truth about the cousin, Minnie Temple, whose self-assertive image inspired him; and how indebted he was to certain American women writers whom he attacked in reviews but whose plots and heroines he appropriated in his own fiction. 58.00 (on demand)
Dan Price:
How to Make a Journal of Your Life ~
A book to inspire aspiring journalists with good tips on losing your fear of drawing. Dan has produced many of his own life journals through "Moonlight Chronicles" (available in store). Here he's combined his artistry and thought to encourage others to expand their own journaling. $9.95 trade paperback
RADICAL SIMPLICITY - Creating an Authentic Life 
A former news and fine arts photographer, Price recounts his attempts to simplify his life and to escape the Information Age. He posits that consumerism is out of control and that we all might benefit by reducing our belongings and getting closer to nature. In this engaging author-illustrated narrative about how to pare down to the essentials and create a fully satisfying life, Radical Simplicity speaks directly to that craving we all have for an authentic life, one that we've "hand-made" for ourselves. $12.95.
MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES A Wandering Artist's Journal
Dan's unique drawings illustrate his delightful stories. $12.95
Kathy Hunter:
Our local storyteller has three CDs:
Four Greek Tales ~ Kathy Hunter
A collection of four myth-adventures 15.00
Why the Skunk Stinks and other nature stories for children ~ Kathy Hunter
Eight delightful stories collected on audio CD including Why the Dipper Bobs, Loofy Builds a Nest, Grotski & the Magic Wheat, and others. 15.00
Rowf! Songs and Tales from Many Cultures ~ Kathy Hunter
Nine stories from as many countries around the globe. $15.00