Beginner's luck : dispatches from the Klamath Mountains

Title
  1. Beginner's luck : dispatches from the Klamath Mountains / Malcolm Terence.
Published by
  1. Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Terence, Malcolm

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Description
  1. 236 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "Explores the author's life in a commune at Black Bear Ranch, established in a remote area of the Klamath Mountains near the California-Oregon border in the 1960s, and his subsequent move to a nearby rural town, where he worked variously logging, gold mining, and growing marijuana, all the while negotiating complex relationships with the local residents, including Native American population."--Provided by publisher.
Alternative title
  1. Dispatches from the Klamath Mountains
Subject
  1. Counterculture
  2. Hippies
  3. Communal living
  4. California, Northern
  5. 1900-1999
  6. California, Northern > Biography
  7. Communal living > California > Siskiyou County
  8. Counterculture > California, Northern > History > 20th century
  9. Logging > Environmental aspects > California, Northern
  10. Rural conditions
  11. History
  12. California, Northern > Rural conditions
  13. Biography
  14. Hippies > California > Siskiyou County > Biography
  15. Country life > California, Northern
  16. Terence, Malcolm
  17. Klamath Mountains (Calif. and Or.) > Biography
  18. California > Siskiyou County
  19. Mountain life > Klamath Mountains (Calif. and Or.)
  20. United States > Klamath Mountains
Genre/Form
  1. Biography.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Hall of Justice -- The recipe for chimichangas, or how I saved the commune -- Escaping utopia -- White bear -- Swimming with the sharks -- The company loves misery -- Playing with fire -- Meet the famous Flores sisters -- Winter sun -- Water and love -- Storming Oz -- Born at Butler Creek -- Coyote's aunt -- Sorting forest from the trees -- Blue paint rule book -- Drift smoke and blackberries -- Pink slips and strawberries -- Beginner's luck -- Saloon -- Torches, pitchforks, and other organizing tools -- "Thank you for your input" -- Cooperation, collaboration, and other four-letter words; an epilogue.
Call number
  1. JFE 18-5891
Author
  1. Terence, Malcolm, author.
Title
  1. Beginner's luck : dispatches from the Klamath Mountains / Malcolm Terence.
Publisher
  1. Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, 2018.
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Chronological term
  1. 1900-1999
Other form:
  1. Online version: Terence, Malcolm, author. Beginner's luck Corvallis, OR : Oregon State University Press, [2018] 9780870719356 (DLC) 2018021951
LCCN
  1. 2018006157
ISBN
  1. 9780870719349 original trade paperback alkaline paper
  2. 0870719343 original trade paperback alkaline paper
Research call number
  1. JFE 18-5891
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